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Iran-Iraq War (1980 - 1988)
 
Also known as:   First Gulf War
 
Date(s):   1980 - 1988
 
Description:  
      On September 17, 1980 Saddam Hussein attack Iran in order to reclaim territory he considered to be owned by Iraq. Over the next eight years, the conflict flowed back and forth from a war of attrition to a series of attacks by both sides. In 1988 Iraq launched a offensive which inflicted heavy Iranian casualties. On August 20, 1988 Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran accepted the UN-sponsored peace treaty.


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