Word: hormuz
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...blame Iran as it was to forgive Iraq. Reagan called Iran the "villain in the piece." While the Iranians were not directly involved in the incident, they have upped the stakes in the gulf war in recent months by installing Chinese-made Silkworm missiles near the Strait of Hormuz. Last week the Iranian government gloated over the Stark catastrophe. "The great Satan is trapped," exulted Iranian Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi. "The Persian Gulf is not a safe place for the superpowers, and it is not in their interest to enter these quicksands...
...million barrels of gulf oil consumed each day by Western Europe and Japan is pumped through pipelines to terminals in the Red Sea and Mediterranean. The bulk, however, is shipped out in supertankers that must run the gauntlet of the gulf and the narrow Strait of Hormuz...
...gulf without making "serious inroads" in their well- established European defense commitments. Still, British and French warships in the region, though operating independently, maintain close contact with American naval forces stationed there. Says a senior British defense official: "If there were any attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz and prevent the passage of Western oil tankers through the gulf, I have no doubt that the three navies would act together to keep the route open...
...missiles were delivered about two weeks ago, adding to an arsenal provided by China earlier in the year, a U.S. offcial said yesterday. They could enhance Iran's ability to attack ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz...
...Administration said that despite the Iraqi attack on an American frigate, "general agreement" has been reached with Kuwait to put American flags and American captains aboard Kuwaiti oil tankers operating in the gulf. The purpose is to protect the shipping lanes of the Straits of Hormuz...