Though they took heavy losses, they eventually broke through Iraqi lines.

The ferocity of the Iranian offensive broke through the Iraqi lines.

The other division breached the Iraqi lines at two points, but by midday were driven back to their own lines, the general said.

As night fell, we stopped five miles behind the Iraqi lines for a military briefing, "brief being the operative word.

In January 1991 a squad of eight men went behind the Iraqi lines on a top secret mission.

Then the causeway broadened and became part of the first Iraqi defensive line.

The Iranians would consider only two meeting places: one in the middle of some southern marshes, the other several miles behind Iraqi lines.

They were preparing to move to the Iraqi lines for the planned diversion.

Iranian mounted infantry using motorcycles also pushed deeper into Iraqi lines.

We began to run towards the Iraqi lines, shouting "God is Great".