Event: 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war

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You have no right to try me, says 'Chemical Ali'

Saddam Hussein’s cousin today told Iraq’s High Tribunal that it had no right to try him for war crimes because US forces were immune from prosecution for their alleged wrongdoings in Iraq.

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Iran defiant against UN sanctions

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Iran prepares evidence against Saddam

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Tehran delays captured sailors' freedom

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Former Iraqi troops demand payment

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US claims it did utmost to protect innocent life

Bodies are Iranian soldiers, says Tehran

Bodies found by British forces near Basra in southern Iraq were those of Iranian soldiers killed during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, state-run Tehran radio reported today.

Sun, 06 Apr, 2003

US suspicious over boxes of white powder at chemical plant

US troops found thousands of boxes of suspicious white powder, nerve agent antidote and Arabic documents on how to engage in chemical warfare south of Baghdad.

Sat, 05 Apr, 2003

Iraqi powder 'probably just explosives'

American troops today found thousands of boxes of white powder at an industrial site south of Baghdad, but initial tests showed it was probably just explosives.

Fri, 04 Apr, 2003

Iraq and Iran to release prisoners

Iran has agreed to release all prisoners from the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and Iraq will release all Iranians in its jails, Iraq’s Foreign Ministry said today.

Thu, 13 Mar, 2003

‘The first war destroyed us: it made us orphans and miserable’

17-YEAR-OLD Hind Ziad knows painfully well the devastating effects of war in Iraq.

Tue, 11 Mar, 2003

Saddam aims to inflict heavy casualties to break morale of US

A DECADE after the “mother of all battles” that never came, Saddam Hussein’s regime says American soldiers who dare to invade will face “rivers of blood” and “disgraceful failure.”

Thu, 14 Nov, 2002