PERSIAN GULF: Moslem v. Moslem

The latest explosion of violence in the Middle East does not involve Arab and Israeli. It pits Moslem against Moslem. On the long-embattled 630-mile border between Iraq and Iran, troops of the two oil-rich nations blazed away at each other last week in a battle that left perhaps as many as 65 dead and 103 wounded. It was the third and most serious clash in less than two months, involving tanks and artillery. Each side claimed that the other had initiated the hostilities, but both in fact had been spoiling for the fight....

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