Protecting the rights of detainees (Iran-Iraq war)
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Three and a half years into the Iran-Iraq conflict, with there estimated to be more than 15,000 POWs, the ICRC has noted numerous breaches of the Geneva Conventions on both sides.(KROON, Robert)(02.1984)
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