Word: hides
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...army was entrusted with the task of training and equipping the Pasdaran, an assignment the army deeply resented for two reasons: the army itself faced a shortage of equipment and a cutback in supplies, while the Pasdaran had a seemingly limitless budget. Army leaders did not hide their satisfaction when the Pasdaran, basically an urban force, fared badly in mountain warfare against the Kurds. The army, by contrast, refused to be drawn into hit-and-run encounters with the insurgents...