TURMOIL IN THE GULF.

Discusses the Iran-Iraq war, which is fought with the weapons of the 1980s, the tactics of World War I, and the passions of the Crusades. Start of the war in September 1980 as a border dispute; Failure of the 1975 Algiers Agreement to resolve the dispute; Overthrow of the Shah of Iran in early 1979 as an event which eliminated all restraint and produced a major explosion; Altered military balance due to the post-revolutionary turmoil in Iran.