Pipe fittings are used to connect pipes. There are different varieties of pipe fittings made of various materials and available in various shapes and sizes. Pipe adapters, couplings, elbows, tees, sleeves, flanges, bulkhead fittings, reducers, valves etc. are all different types of pipe fittings.
After losing most of his territorial gains by May 1982 (when Iran recaptured Khorramshahr), Saddam Husseinâs strategic response was to proclaim a unilateral cease-fire (June 10, 1982) while ordering Iraqi forces to withdraw to the border.
Saddam Hussein is outwitting and outwaiting President Bush and the U.N. Soon, there will be little backing for using force against Iraqi military factories. And force is likely to be the only way to insure the destruction of these facilities as mandated by U.N. resolutions.