By 1987, however, Iranians had learned to pick the sites of their incursions. They chose mountainous or swampy terrain, and used their fanatical light infantry forces to mount anti-armor ambushes, effectively mitigating the advantages of the Iraqi mechanized forces. At the outset of the Battle of Karbala V, The Iranian high command (led by religious leaders, not generals like the Baathists) deemed that Basra had to fall...
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If they could breach the defenses there, the victory against the Iraqis would be decisive, and give the Iranians new momentum to end the war in their favor, controlling key territory and cutting off Iraqi access to the Persian Gulf. III. METT-TC Mission: The Iranian Army, with its Pasdaran and Basij elements (about a Division plus) attacked to seize control of Basra via Shatt Al- Arab...
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