| Description | Folder of presscuttings and telex reports relating to military activites in Iraq. These include reports of Iraqi acquisition of Mig-27 and Mig-29 aircraft from the USSR, an amnesty for army deserters (May 1990), award ceremonies for Gulf War veterans, salaries and benefits provided for armed forces personnel, Brazilian and Argentinian arms suppliers to Iraq (May 1988), the introduction of a new conscription system (December 1988), the alleged murder of British defence journalist Jonathon Moyle (Independent, 1 November 1990), statistics (1986-87) for the numbers and structure of those serving in the Iraqi army, navy and air force, Baghdad Observer reports about the opening of a new military college and the tenth anniversary of Bakr University for Higher Military Studies (December 1986), various analyses of Iraqi military equipment and strength, a profile of the commander of the Iraq Republican Guards, Major General Iyad Fathi Al-Rawi (Telegraph, 13 February 1991), |