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Iran–Iraq War - IraqI ground invasion To Iran

Time: Monday Sep 22, 1980

Place: Iran

Details: The next day, Iraq launched a ground invasion along a front measuring 644 km (400 mi) in three simultaneous attacks. The invasion's purpose, according to Saddam, was to blunt the edge of Khomeini's movement and to thwart his attempts to export his Islamic revolution to Iraq and the Persian Gulf states.

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