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| Iran urges Iraq to hand over prisoners from 1980-88 war |
| 2002-08-14 |
| An Iranian official urged Iraq Wednesday to hand over prisoners still remaining from the neighbouring countries' 1980-1988 war, the official IRNA news agency reported. "We are advising Iraqi officials to show goodwill which has increased recently towards Iran and set free the remaining prisoners of war held in that country," the head of Iranian Prisoners of War Organization (PWO), Abbasali Vakili, told reporters. He added that Tehran "can prove that Iraq still holds some Iranian soldiers in its prisons". Iraq, not being as intelligent as the U.S., fought World War I with Iran, complete with gas attacks, trench lines, and "over the top." Iran says Iraq still holds some 2,500 of its soldiers prisoners while Baghdad countercharges that Iran is still detaining about 29,000 Iraqis. Baghdad says another 60,000 of its soldiers are still missing from the war. In the Gulf War the United States suffered 148 killed in action, 458 wounded, 121 killed in nonhostile actions... In January, Iran handed over 682 Iraqis to Baghdad taken prisoner during the war and the two sides also agreed to exchange the remains of soldiers killed during the conflict. The two neighbors have yet to sign a formal peace treaty 14 years after the end of their devastating conflict which cost around one million lives. Sammy figures, y'never know, the U.S. might collapse, so he could start the festivities all over again... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |