Picture released on March 20 1985 of a destroyed military vehicule in the swamp near the Iraqi city of alHoweizah north of Basra after a fierce...
{"Image ImageDescription": "Picture released on March 20, 1985 of a destroyed military vehicule in the swamp near the Iraqi city of al-Howeizah, north of Basra, after a fierce battle opposed Iraqi and Iranian troops. The Iraq-Iran war began in September 1980 after Iraqi troops and tanks crashed across the Iranian border in a dawn thrust to encircle Abadan oil refinery city. The ten-year conflict ended in August 1990 (Photo credit should read JEAN-CLAUDE DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2010 AFP"}