Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pentagon sources reported U.S. military bases around the globe had been reminded to maintain an alert for terrorist activity, and tensions in the gulf itself remained high...
...officials, who requested anonymity, said the vessel Iran Ajr had been tracked by radar and by air for several days as it steamed through the central gulf toward Bahrain "because it had been seen loading suspect devices" before leaving an Iranian port...
...mullahs have wisely taken great care not to provoke their powerful northern and eastern neighbors. Iran's ambitions lie to the southwest, where, if it can just get past Iraq, it faces states so weak they hardly deserve the name. With hegemony over the gulf, the oil and the holy places awaiting it in what is a veritable geopolitical desert, Khomeinism will push on until it encounters the shock of some irresistible outside force. Until then, Iran can be as crazy as it wants...
...White House. But 1988, at first blush, may be an exception. Perhaps it is because this is the one arena where the candidates are not frightened of Reagan's shadow. The voters seem interested as well, peppering the candidates with detailed questions on everything from glasnost to the gulf...
WORLD: Pressure for peace builds in the Persian Gulf as the tanker war resumes...