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.
I must admit I am ambivalent. On one hand Saddam was threatening Saudi Arabia, if successful he would have cut off the lion's share of the world's oil. Bush and Baker were artful in forming a large coalition against him. The war was over in weeks, paid for by the Gulf nations and America's standing was high. However, there is another way of looking at this.