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...trip made by an oil tanker under U.S. protection through the gulf would cost $250,000 or the actual cost of the services, whichever is more. Oil companies not paying the fee would be subject to penalties and the protection service would be halted. The committee staff estimated the escort fee would generate at least $95 million a year...
...bottom line is, somebody is going to pay for these escort services," said Rep. Robin M. Tallon Jr. (D-S.C.). "Now the American taxpayer is picking...
This minor military victory notwithstanding, America's Gulf force has not established its fitness to escort the 11 re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers through the waterway. The cruisers and aircraft carriers Washington has sent were designed for a major war with the Soviets not for guerrilla encounters with Revolutionary Guards in speedboats. The billion-dollar, 500-yard-long ships are fat targets in the narrow Gulf, where WWI-vintage mines have taken a disturbing toll...
...reflagged Kuwaiti ships in its attacks, two U.S.-protected convoys made their way through the gulf unmolested while the new tanker war raged around them. As they proceeded, yet another flotilla of U.S. warships sailed into the Gulf of Oman. The arrival of the battleship U.S.S. Missouri and five escort vessels brought the total U.S. naval force in the region to 46 ships. The Western armada may soon exceed 60 ships when additional British and French vessels arrive. And last week Italy announced that it was sending a naval task force to the gulf to protect its merchant shipping...
Since U.S. warships began escorting reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers through the dangerous waters of the Persian Gulf, the Reagan Administration has adamantly refused to justify the policy to Congress under the requirements of the 1973 War Powers Resolution. The controversial law is a minefield of its own: if Congress refused to authorize the President's actions, U.S. forces would have to be withdrawn within 60 days. But the Administration argues that the escort operation does not involve a situation "where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances," so the language of the resolution does not apply...