Word: bahrain
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...moment, however, the ship was in a relatively safe area some 80 miles northeast of the island nation of Bahrain and fully 40 miles south of the main war zone. A frigate of the Perry class, the smallest combat vessels in the U.S. Navy, the Stark was steaming alone. The closest ship was 35 miles away. The U.S.S. LaSalle, the flagship for the seven warships operating in the gulf, was in port in Bahrain...
...combined U.S.-Saudi crew detected a single Iraqi Mirage F-1 aircraft as it lifted off from the Shaibah military airport ten miles southwest of Basra at around 8 p.m. Heading southeast along Saudi Arabia's coast as Iraqi planes often do, the Mirage flew much closer to Bahrain than was normal. Suddenly, the fighter jerked into a sharp left turn, heading east. The Iraqi pilot apparently had spotted a target on his scope...
...Kuwaiti cargo ship was carrying American-made M-60 tanks that had been sold to Bahrain by the United States. The ship completed its journey Monday night "without incident," the Pentagon said...
WASHINGTON--The Navy, in an unexpected first step toward taking on expanded duties in the Persian Gulf, escorted a Kuwaiti merchant ship carrying U.S. arms to Bahrain on Monday, the Pentagon disclosed last night...
...team of technicians was dispatched earlier in the day from Norfolk, Va., to Bahrain to conduct an initial damage assessment and begin temporary repairs, the Navy added...