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19- IRAQI TROOPS REPORTED PUSHING BACK IRANIANS Iraq said today its troops were pushing Iranian forces out of
20- positions they had initially occupied when they launched a new offensive near the southern port of
21- Basra early yesterday. A High Command communique said Iraqi troops had won a significant victory
22- and were continuing to advance. Iraq said it had foiled a three-pronged thrust some 10 km
23- (six miles) from Basra, but admitted the Iranians had occupied ground held by the Mohammed al-Qassem
24- unit, one of three divisions attacked. The communique said Iranian Revolutionary Guards were under
25- assault from warplanes, helicopter gunships, heavy artillery and tanks. "Our forces are continuing
26- their advance until they purge the last foothold" occupied by the Iranians, it said.
27- (Iran said its troops had killed or wounded more than 4,000 Iraqis and were stabilising their new positions.)
28- The Baghdad communique said Iraqi planes also destroyed oil installations at Iran's southwestern Ahvaz field
29- during a raid today. It denied an Iranian report that an Iraqi jet was shot down.
30- Iraq also reported a naval battle at the northern tip of the Gulf. Iraqi naval units and forces defending an
31- offshore terminal sank six Iranian out of 28 Iranian boats attempting to attack an offshore terminal,
19+ IRAQI TROOPS REPORTED PUSHING BACK IRANIANS Iraq said today its troops were pushing Iranian forces out of
20+ positions they had initially occupied when they launched a new offensive near the southern port of
21+ Basra early yesterday. A High Command communique said Iraqi troops had won a significant victory
22+ and were continuing to advance. Iraq said it had foiled a three-pronged thrust some 10 km
23+ (six miles) from Basra, but admitted the Iranians had occupied ground held by the Mohammed al-Qassem
24+ unit, one of three divisions attacked. The communique said Iranian Revolutionary Guards were under
25+ assault from warplanes, helicopter gunships, heavy artillery and tanks. "Our forces are continuing
26+ their advance until they purge the last foothold" occupied by the Iranians, it said.
27+ (Iran said its troops had killed or wounded more than 4,000 Iraqis and were stabilising their new positions.)
28+ The Baghdad communique said Iraqi planes also destroyed oil installations at Iran's southwestern Ahvaz field
29+ during a raid today. It denied an Iranian report that an Iraqi jet was shot down.
30+ Iraq also reported a naval battle at the northern tip of the Gulf. Iraqi naval units and forces defending an
31+ offshore terminal sank six Iranian out of 28 Iranian boats attempting to attack an offshore terminal,
3232 the communique said. Reuter 3;
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