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.
(Photo: Mission of Iraq to the UN) Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq, has used any means necessary to hold onto power for more than two decades. His reign continues even in the face of U.S. plans to overthrow him. In January, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced that Hussein should leave Iraq. By the end of January, the U.S. is expected to have Iraq surrounded by about 150,000 troops. Hussein responded in defiance to talk of war.