Iran last week announced an offensive against Iraq in the flat wasteland to the east of Baghdad. Iraq announced that the invaders had been driven back. Whatever the real out come, the battle marked a resumption of a ground war that had been stalled since last February. Nonetheless, the encounter did not seem to be the "final offensive" that Iran's Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini has been threatening to launch for the past eight months.
Iran does not seem to be in a position to strike a conclusive blow against its enemy. Estimates by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies suggest...
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