Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Suddenly, at 9:50 p.m. gulf time, the crews in all three helicopters were startled by an unexpected sight: the reddish flash of tracer bullets erupted from the boats below. There was no doubt that the choppers were being fired upon. And there was no hesitation in their response. The standing orders on gulf duty are clear: When attacked, defend yourself. They did. Radioed one pilot: "We engaged...
...Iranians' official reaction was to deny that their gunboats had fired first. Once again Iran's leaders vowed to strike back at the U.S. Threatened the Islamic Republic News Agency: "The Americans will be the main victims of the heavy storm in the Persian Gulf...
...this month, Iranian speedboats and frigates have attacked six unarmed ships in the gulf, including two Japanese tankers. That stirred Japan into offering modest help to finance the U.S. defensive operations in the international waterway, including some $10 million worth of advanced navigational gear. West Germany too offered indirect support, sending three warships into the Mediterranean to free other NATO vessels for gulf patrols. Britain, France, Italy and the Netherlands already have warships and minesweepers on duty in the gulf -- as does the Soviet Union, which has a dozen ships there and in the Arabian...
Iraq has stepped up its air war on Iranian shipping, hitting 15 enemy tankers since Sept. 25. It even sent Mirage jets ranging far south to Iran's Larak Island oil terminal near the gulf's mouth, where they damaged the Liberian-flagged Seawise Giant, the world's largest tanker. Iran struck back, firing two long-range missiles at Baghdad...
...rivals these days are depicting him as Senator Thunderbolt. Gore has supported the U.S. naval presence in the Persian Gulf, the invasion of Grenada and the bombing of Libya. He opposes the proposal by most of his opponents for a ban on missile flight tests. He says his centrist views make him more "electable" than the other five Democrats in the race, particularly Michael Dukakis, who opposes almost any use of American force abroad as well as virtually all new nuclear weapon systems...