Missiles Hit Cities In Gulf War; Iran Said to Rush Troops to Bridgehead

From: The Washington Post | Date: January 12, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

Iran and Iraq traded missile attacks against each other's cities today, as Iran pressed its three-day-old offensive in the Persian Gulf war.

News agency reports said Iraq tonight confirmed it had hit four Iranian towns with surface-launched missiles, in retaliation for an Iranian missile that plowed into a Baghdad residential neighborhood early this morning. Iran also claimed to have hit the port city of Basra with missiles today, amid its offensive on the southern front.

According to news agency reports, Iran was said to be rushing fresh troops into a small bridgehead it has established on ...

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