. . . . . . . . . "Iraqi victory; Iranians expelled from the peninsula" . . . . . . "~100,000 Republican Guard soldiers" . . . . . . "Second Battle of al-Faw" . . . . . . "Second Battle of Al Faw" . "Second Battle of al-Faw" . . "40,000 Basij militia" . . . . "Operation Ramadan Mubarak" . "1,000 casualties" . "1988-04-17" . . "re-taking" . . . . . . . . . . . . "recaptured" . .