Again, there were murmurs about the operation and Mirqhasem was restless all night and day. He began to ad-vance with his forces from all directions. Mirqhasem was the commander of the central axis. A while later, they reached the minefield. The demining crew began to clear the mines, but suddenly fire and explosion wreaked hav-oc in the area. The Iraqis were shooting. Upon the heights, they had all the area under their firepower. Mirqhasem got up, said Allah-o-Akbar (Allah is Greater), and started out. The forces followed him under the Iraqi fire. Mo-ments later, the commander Mirghasem and his forces entered the enemy footholds and trenches and settled in-side them.

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