Gulf War continues
NZPA-Reuter Teheran Iranian and Iraqi forces yesterday both reported continued fighting iji the oilrich Iranian province of Khuzestan. / >, . A joint staff communique broadcast by Teheran radio said that 110 Iraqis had been killed or wounded in recent fighting around Susangerd in Khuzestan. The communique did not say exactly when the fighting in Khuzestan took place but reported that attacks on Iraqi positions near the. oil centre of Abadan had killed 100 Iraqis against the loss of two Iranians. It also said 16 Iraqis had been killed or wounded in the Dezful and Ahwaz areas of Khuzestan. The official Iraqi News Agency, monitored in Beirut, quoted the high command-in Bagdad as saying that more than 100 Iranians were killed compared to the loss of nine Iraqis around Dezful, Susangerd, Ahwaz, and Abadan. •'•
Five Iranian tanks, two oil reservoirs, and a naval vessel also were destroyed, according to I.N.A. ■
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