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Article: Iranian shells hit Iraq; war goes into 7th year
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 23, 1986
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Iran claimed yesterday that it shelled Iraqi supply routes and
troop concentrations and repelled attacks by Iraqi jets as the war
between the two countries entered its seventh year.
Iraq did not issue any battle statements and the Iranian claims
could not be verified. Both countries marked the anniversary of the
war with events in their capitals.
Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency said "a considerable number"
of Iraqi soldiers were killed or wounded in artillery duels in the
southern and central sectors of the war front.
It said Iraqi supply routes and troop concentrations running
north from Baghdad in the central sector were shelled from
Iranian-occupied hills inside Iraq.
It ...