Word: kuwaiti
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Among the disputed issues is his support for humanitarian aid to the Nicaraguan rebels, known as the contras, and his support for the reflagging of Kuwaiti tankers in the Persian Gulf, Price said...
...punitive economic measures follow the military retaliation Reagan ordered last week against Iran after a Silkworm missile strike against a U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti oil vessel in Kuwaiti waters...
...officials pondered their dilemma, the battered Sea Isle City lay off the Kuwaiti coast. The missile blast gouged a jagged hole in the starboard side of the empty tanker and left the wheelhouse blood-splattered and strewn with debris. American Captain John Hunt was blinded by flying glass and is recovering in a Kuwaiti hospital after surgery. Several other victims of the attack are hospitalized, but all are expected to survive...
...supplied billions of dollars to Iraq during the seven-year war. Dozens of ships bound to and from Kuwait have come under fire from armed Iranian speedboats that race around the gulf. Until now, however, the Iranians have taken care not to directly attack the eleven tankers -- half the Kuwaiti-owned fleet -- now under the protection of U.S. warships...
Many observers expected the U.S. response to the attack on the Sea Isle City to be no less decisive. Even the normally cautious Kuwaitis are calling for firm American action. Noting that the U.S. has stood by while ships that did not fly the American flag came under fire, an editorial in the Kuwaiti Times said, "The rationalizations that helped U.S. officials to absolve themselves of their defense responsibility in the earlier attacks may not apply" in the case of the Sea Isle City...