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    Iraqi troops begin the invasion of Iran, starting the Iran–Iraq War.

    Between the two countries, more than one million people would die.  The combined economic loss was      more than 1.2 trillion dollars.

   The war ended in 1988 after eight years in stalemate - after all the fighting, neither side had gained anything.
   September 22, 1980
   via picturesofwar.net