Talk:Siege of Basra

Latest comment: 16 days ago by Tomissonneil in topic This page needs protection

Npov?

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"The Iraqis had fought an excellent defensive battle at Basra, as they had at succeeded in fighting the Iranians to a complete standstill thwarting their obsession with capturing the city. The end of the battle saw a considerable breakdown of Iranian morale as hereafter only a small percent signed up for volunteering in the fanatical revolutionary guards or basij."

NPOV issue? Rest of article doesn't really give the impression that Iraqi defense was "excellent", and certain words such as "obsession" and "fanatical" might be technically correct but strikes me as perhaps too strong. 2A02:1406:15:BC16:79CE:DC52:6563:7407 (talk) 11:24, 4 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

The casualties of the iranian army

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65,000 iranis were killed and more than 40,000 iranis wounded why is it written 40,000 killed? I have seen videos talk about this also R3YBOl (talk) 08:32, 30 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Then provide a source. The book listed, probably the best written on the subject, says 40,000 killed and 80,000 wounded, a tremendous amount. An older source said 65,000 Iranian casualties, but it’s not this one. Tomissonneil (talk) 19:01, 5 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Yourself recognized an "older source" Then that's it,even iraqi generals said that 65k iranians died more than 65k also, Like you admit yourself of an older source but you keep changing the casualties R3YBOl (talk) 11:58, 14 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
I'm using the source that is provided here. A prior source listed on this page said 65,000 casualties, but the one listed here (which is newer) says 40,000 killed, 80,000 wounded, or over twice as high. Please stop your disruptive editing and edit warring, it's bordering on vandalism at this point. Tomissonneil (talk) 20:19, 14 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Ok then, If I find an older source, I will change it. R3YBOl (talk) 16:00, 15 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

This page needs protection

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Recently, a great amount of WP:Vandalism has occurred on this page, attempting to increase the (already enormous) Iranian casualties recorded in the source provided, without provided an alternative source. This page needs at least some levels of protection to prevent this from happening in the future. Tomissonneil (talk) 19:12, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Commenting again to say that the vandalism has continued. This page is in urgent need of protection as soon as possible to prevent this from happening. Tomissonneil (talk) 06:35, 8 November 2024 (UTC)Reply