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were used for the transportation of the equipment from north-western Iran to near the Kirkuk through highlands. The route was 150 km long. All of the equipment was transferred back by the IRGC forces to Iran after the operation. Iranian forces scattered in Iraqi
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IRGC forces and
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The 150 tonnes of military equipment and their 300 IRGC operators were transferred from Iran to Kirkuk behind enemy lines in a covert operation lasting for 40 days. The equipment was as follows:
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came under fire. 600 Iraqi forces were killed or wounded according to Iran. There was no
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1240:تیپ51 گرمیان به فرماندهی کاک محمود لنگاوی.
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562:Iranian offensives in Iraq (1985–87)
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1231:تیپ78 قره‌چرخ به فرماندهی کاک صفین.
1219:تیپ21 کرکوک به فرماندهی کاک سیروان.
901:(PUK) in 11 and 12 October 1986 in
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1162:66th Airborne Special Brigade
237:None, several lightly wounded
1189:Engineering Demolition Group
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117:Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
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66:Iranian and Kurdish victory
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537:Kurdish rebellion (1983)
1404:1986 in Iraqi Kurdistan
1186:Commanded by Booyaghchi
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895:Iraqi Kurdish partisans
828:International incidents
1414:20th century in Kirkuk
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1157:Mohammad-Baqer Zolqadr
1081:107 mm gun rounds
946:oil and gas separation
323:Iraqi invasion of Iran
296:1975 Algiers Agreement
231:1 helicopter destroyed
153:Mohammad-Baqer Zolqadr
124:Commanders and leaders
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656:Karbala 8 (7th Basra)
316:Iranian Embassy siege
224:Casualties and losses
1151:Ramazan Headquarters
950:signals intelligence
931:Ramazan Headquarters
778:June 5 1984 Skirmish
242:Unknown, but minimal
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1196:Commanded by Naderi
938:Kirkuk Oil Refinery
893:special forces and
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735:Tawakalna ala Allah
682:Final stages (1988)
1257:In popular culture
1201:Commanded br Bifan
1100:Kalashnikov rounds
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881:and Iraqi Kurdish
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702:Beit-ol-Moqaddas 3
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1270:عملیات کرکوک
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636:(6th Basra)
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572:(4th Basra)
532:(3rd Basra)
524:(2nd Basra)
467:(1st Basra)
1393:Categories
1313:2016-07-25
1284:References
954:Iraqi Army
769:Tanker War
740:2nd al-Faw
670:Karbala 10
583:1st al-Faw
1213:Peshmerga
984:Quantity
956:I Corps,
942:SAM sites
921:(PUK) of
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663:Karbala 9
649:Karbala 7
642:Karbala 6
634:Karbala 5
626:Karbala 4
612:Karbala 3
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371:Sultan 10
215:Peshmerga
844:incident
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345:Kaman 99
190:Strength
47:Location
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1266:Persian
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1111:10,000
1103:21,500
1092:rockets
879:Iranian
867:Persian
728:Zafar 7
709:Dawn 10
556:Marshes
530:Kheibar
465:Ramadan
338:Revenge
195:Unknown
1130:Iran.
1095:7,354
1084:2,000
1060:1,000
1052:1,500
994:1,500
981:Weapon
964:, and
903:Kirkuk
761:Mersad
676:Nasr 4
619:Fath 1
590:Dawn 9
578:Dawn 8
550:Dawn 7
543:Dawn 6
522:Dawn 5
515:Dawn 4
508:Dawn 3
501:Dawn 2
494:Dawn 1
377:Abadan
364:Dezful
325:(1980)
199:Iran:
102:
87:
63:Result
52:Kirkuk
1134:Units
1127:mules
1021:RPG-7
1000:B.K.C
842:Stark
410:Opera
235:Iran:
210:PUK:
119:(PUK)
1139:Iran
1076:500
1068:500
1011:DShK
891:IRGC
887:Iran
840:USS
570:Badr
398:Nasr
239:PUK:
204:IRGC
105:Iran
90:Iraq
56:Iraq
39:Date
1208:PUK
1090:RPG
1025:60
1015:15
1005:40
966:MeK
897:of
889:'s
404:H-3
1395::
1336:^
1292:^
1280:.
1268::
1215::
1146::
1041:2
1033:3
960:,
869::
1330:.
1316:.
1264:(
1153::
865:(
742:)
738:(
585:)
581:(
453:)
449:(
271:e
264:t
257:v
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