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The three confiscated British military vessels were in the Shatt-al-Arab waterway and may have been on their way to the three islands, Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunb Islands, which are strategically located in the Strait of Hormuz.

Both the control of Shatt al-Arab and the three islands are in dispute.

Pls see: #msg-3136614






After 98 years of war, 130 billion dollars aid provided to Iraq, possessing over 5,000 tanks, against Iran's 1,000, Iraq failed to gain a single war objective.
Islamic revolution in post ceasefire and post Imam Khomeini period is stronger than before the Gulf War; further, Iran has total control of Shatt al-Arab's approaches; and Khuzistan remains part of the Iranian Islamic Republic.
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:uZ_zl8k0F_IJ:defencejournal.com/jul99/shatt-al-arab.htm+map+Shatt....


An area of historical dispute between Iraq and Iran, the Shatt al-Arab waterway provides Iraq with a narrow corridor to the Persian Gulf. Undoubtedly one of Iraq’s objectives in its failed attempt to retain Kuwait was to improve its access to the Persian Gulf.

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:S8ye5waJB6sJ:www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/terrain.h....