Fighting in the Iran-Iraq War.

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When Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion of Iran in 1980, he said his war would be over in days or weeks. But the Iran-Iraq War lasted for almost 8 years and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Ahmad al-Mushatat was a young medic who served in front line trenches during the last months of that war. Hear his story. Photo: Ahmad al-Mushatat during the Iran-Iraq war, second from the right.