Operation valfajr 8

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The persian objective was to cut off the road from Basra to Baghdad in the central sector.The attack started on a rainy day and hope was that cloud cover would shield them from Iraqi air attacks. Once the clouds lifted, Iraq conducted 150 air sorties, which generated a 3 to 1 kill ratio of persians to Iraqis.

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