ABSTRACT
The Iraqi-Iranian war in its sixth year made international headlines with the relevation that the United States (US) and Israel had been secretly delivering arms to Iran. It would appear that anti-tank and anti-air missiles, as well as diverse spare parts, had been delivered on a considerable scale since some time in the summer of 1985 and throughout most of 1986. The Iraqi-Iranian war in its sixth year made international headlines with the relevation that the US and Israel had been secretly delivering arms to Iran. Iraqi bombers on missions over the Gulf aimed at targets of three kinds: one was the installations at Ganaveh and on the island of Kharg, chief outlets of the oilfields in southwestern Iran. The general Iraqi superiority in armaments remained unimpaired. The most impressive phenomenon of the year was arguably the readiness of the Iraqi public, combatants and noncombatants, to go on with the war despite depressing losses on all land fronts.
