The Xinhua General Overseas News Service, JANUARY 23, 1988
The Xinhua General Overseas News Service The materials in the Xinhua file were compiled by The Xinhua News Agency. These materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The Xinhua News Agency. JANUARY 23, 1988, SATURDAY
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HEADLINE: iran claims killing iraqi general
DATELINE: tehran, january 23;
ITEM NO: 0123192 BODY: an iraqi major general was killed friday evening when his helicopter was downed in the mawut region by iranian anti-aircraft gun fire, islamic republic news agency (irna) announced today. the killed officer, identified as abdul-aziz ibrahim al-hadithy, was the commander of iraq's fifth army corps, irna quoted an informed source as saying. several other high ranking officers of the corps on board were also killed in the crash, the source said, adding that the iraqi officers were surveying the mawut region before their helicopter was shot down. iran started an operation codenamed "beit-ul-moqaddas 2" in the region, which is about 300 kilometers northeast of the iraqi capital of baghdad. meanwhile, iraq said eavlier today that the general was killed in an infortunate plane crash near shuan sub-district in iraq's northern province of taa'mem, and denied the iranian claim.
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