The civilian population of the city dropped to near zero during the eight-years Iran – Iraq War. As of the 1986 census due to the war the population dropped to only 6 people.

Moreover, the ongoing war in Afghanistan, and the mishandling of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which Gorbachev tried to cover up, further damaged the credibility of the Soviet government at a time when dissatisfaction was increasing.

The perceived threat to Iraq in the summer of 1982 thus was serious enough to force Saddam Hussein to request the Nonaligned Movement to change the venue of its scheduled September meeting from Baghdad to India ; nevertheless, since the fall of 1982, the ground conflict has generally been a stalemated war of attrition — although Iran made small but demoralizing territorial advances as a result of its massive offensives in the reed marshes north of Basra in 1984 and in 1985, in Al Faw Peninsula in early 1986, and in the outskirts of Basra during January and February 1987.

Relations between Morocco and Mauritania continued to improve through 1986, reflecting President Taya's pragmatic, if unstated, view that only a Moroccan victory over the Polisario would end the guerrilla war in the Western Sahara.

WCRP, Possible climatic consequences of a major nuclear war, WCP-113, WMO / TD # 99, 1986.

The Armed Forces of Suriname were engaged in a domestic war, against a few hundred freedom fighters who named themselves " Jungle Commandos " led by Ronnie Brunswijk between 1986 and 1992.

The return to Suriname from French Guiana of about 8, 000 refugees of the 1986 – 91 civil war between the military and domestic insurgents has improved relations with French authorities.

The campaigns began with a series of adverts based on the 1986 French film Jean de Florette, directed by the British duo Anthea Benton and Vaughan Arnell, moving on to other genres including war movies, silent comedy and even surrealism.

The separate Air Wing was established in 1986 as use of aviation assets grew in the war on drugs.

war: 1986

In Spring 1986, Kurt Waldheim was elected president amid considerable national and international protest because of his possible involvement with the Nazis and war crimes during World War II.

This was hardly Rickover's first clash with the defense industry ; he was historically hard, even harsh, in exacting high standards from these contractors – but now his relationship with Electric Boat took on the characteristics of an all-out, no-holds-barred war ( Running Critical: The Silent War, Rickover & General Dynamics, 1986 ).

The Karmal era, lasting from 1979 to 1986, is best known for the Soviet war effort in Afghanistan.

The political pressure of the ideologically charged civil war, in conjunction with the excruciating need for aid and funds to finance imports, compelled FRELIMO to negotiate its first structural adjustment package ( SAP ) with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) in 1986 ( commonly referred to as the Bretton Woods Institutions or International Financial Institutions — IFIs ).

His other successful films ( critically and / or financially ) were the 1978 Academy Award-winning California Suite, the 1980 Golden Globe-nominated slasher film Dressed to Kill, the 1981 war film Escape to Victory, the 1982 film Deathtrap, and the 1986 Academy Award-nominated Mona Lisa.

Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen.

* Operation Brasstacks: ( the largest of its kind in South Asia ), conducted by India between November 1986 and March 1987, and Pakistani mobilisation in response, raised tensions and fears that it could lead to another war between the two neighbours.

The wrecks of and the dreadnought, which exploded at anchor during the First World War, are war graves protected under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.

Salvador is a 1986 war drama film written by Oliver Stone and Richard Boyle, and directed by Stone.

By 1986 the war had exhausted Iraq with both Iran and Iraq suffering heavy casualties.

* Christian Steinle ( 1878 – 1986 ), Spanish-American war veteran

After the war, the islands ( together with the Marshall Islands ) became trust territories of the United States, with the Federated States of Micronesia gaining independence in 1986, followed by Palau in 1994.

The Reagan administration gave varying degrees of support to anti-Communist dictatorships, including those in Guatemala ( to 1985 ), the Philippines ( to 1986 ), and Argentina ( to 1983 ), and armed the mujahideen in the Soviet war in Afghanistan, UNITA during the Angolan Civil War, and the Contras during the Nicaraguan Revolution as a means of ending ( or preventing ) Communist rule in those countries.

In 1986 he was deported to Israel to stand trial for war crimes, after being mistakenly identified by Israeli Holocaust survivors as " Ivan the Terrible ", a notorious guard at Treblinka.

** Aliens ( film ), a 1986 sequel by James Cameron

Others, such as 1980 Hungarian film, Kojak Budapesten ( not to be confused with the 1986 comedy by the same name ) create their own scenarios involving Christie's criminal skill.

The 1986 film The Delta Force starred Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin as leaders of an elite squad of special forces troops tasked with retaking a plane hijacked by Lebanese terrorists.

The film Parting Glances ( 1986 ) included Bronski Beat songs " Love and Money ", " Smalltown Boy " and " Why ?".

In 1986, the film was featured in the syndicated series, the Canned Film Festival and was later featured on the comedy series, Mystery Science Theater 3000, which also featured other Wood films.

) Where the irony with which Reefer Madness was adopted as a midnight favorite had its roots in a countercultural sensibility, in the latter's place there is now the paradoxical element of nostalgia: the leading revivals currently on the circuit ironically include clearly non-cult films like John Hughes oeuvre — The Breakfast Club ( 1985 ), Pretty in Pink ( 1986 ), and Ferris Bueller's Day Off ( 1986 ), which were major studio productions and popular and financially successful during their original releases, and the teen adventure film The Goonies ( 1985 ).

Love worked with director Alex Cox on her first two films ; she gained a small part in the Sid Vicious biopic Sid and Nancy ( 1986 ), and was then given the leading role in his following film, Straight to Hell ( 1987 ), which caught the attention of artist Andy Warhol.

Then being employed by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, he proceeded to make two films: the science-fiction epic Dune ( 1984 ), which proved to be a critical and commercial failure, and then a neo-noir crime film, Blue Velvet ( 1986 ), which was critically acclaimed.

* 1906 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director, producer, and actor ( d. 1986 )

Bowie was given a role in the 1986 film Absolute Beginners.

He also appeared as Jareth, the Goblin King, in the 1986 Jim Henson film Labyrinth, for which he wrote five songs.

* A 1986 Israeli film directed by Amos Gitai entitled Esther.

Filming took place in Michigan and North Carolina in 1986 and the film was released in the United States on March 13, 1987.

Coppola's eldest son, Gian-Carlo, was in the early stages of a film production career when he was killed on May 26, 1986 in a speedboat accident.

The historical drama film Jean de Florette ( 1986 ) and its sequel Manon des Sources ( 1986 ) were among the highest grossing French films in history and brought Daniel Auteuil international recognition.

* Kin-dza-dza !, a 1986 dystopian comedy / science fiction film by Georgi Daneliya

Yoshishige Yoshida made A Promise ( 1986 ), his first film since 1973's Coup d ' État.

* 1903 – Vincente Minnelli, American film director ( d. 1986 )

Over time, Godzilla 1985, though not a hit, was partially profitable for New World only with the addition of home video and television syndication ( the film debuted on television on May 16, 1986 ).

Highlander is a film and television franchise that began with a 1986 fantasy movie starring Christopher Lambert, who plays Connor MacLeod, the Highlander.

James Francis Cagney, Jr. ( July 17, 1899March 30, 1986 ) was an American actor, first on stage, then in film, where he had his greatest impact.

Voight followed up this and other performances with a role in the 1986 film, Desert Bloom, and reportedly experienced a " spiritual awakening " toward the end of the decade.

His other film roles have been in The Lightship ( 1986 ), Streets of Gold ( 1986 ), Burning Secret ( 1988 ), The Russia House ( 1990 ), White Fang ( 1991 ), Becoming Colette ( 1992 ), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge ( 1999 ), and Everyman's Feast ( 2002 ).