urd ish ▁War , ▁p itting ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Ira qi ▁troops ▁against ▁Bar z ani ' s ▁ 3 , 5 0 0 - strong ▁P esh mer ga . ▁Iran ian ▁and ▁Isra eli ▁support ▁contributed ▁to ▁a ▁decis ive ▁Kur d ish ▁victory ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Mount ▁Hand ren ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 1 , ▁where ▁a ▁battle ▁plan ▁de vised ▁by ▁ID F ▁military ▁officer ▁Z uri ▁S agy ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁killing ▁of ▁ 1 , 4 0 0 - 2 , 0 0 0 ▁Ira qi ▁troops ▁and ▁the ▁capture ▁of ▁hundreds ▁more . ▁Reg ime ▁hard lin ers ▁were ▁dis cred ited ▁by ▁the ▁deb acle , ▁and ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 9 , ▁B azz az ▁announced ▁a ▁Tw elve ▁Point ▁Plan ▁for ▁peace , ▁which ▁included ▁" admin istr ative ▁decent ral ization " ▁in ▁Ira qi ▁Kur dist an ▁and ▁" K urd ish ▁representation ▁in ▁Parliament ". ▁Through out ▁July , ▁B azz az ▁began ▁implementing ▁the ▁agreement ▁by ▁" appro ving ▁a ▁massive ▁re h abil itation ▁program , ▁lif ting ▁the ▁economic ▁block ade , ▁re le asing ▁hundreds ▁of ▁Kur d ish ▁prisoners , ▁removing ▁Arab ▁tribes ▁from ▁former ▁Kur d ish ▁lands , ▁and ▁passing ▁a ▁general ▁am n esty ▁law ", ▁but ▁opposition ▁within ▁the ▁military ▁forced ▁Ar if ▁to ▁dismiss ▁B azz az ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁General ▁Naj i ▁Tal ib ▁on ▁August ▁ 6 . ▁Reg ard less , ▁American