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...warships began to escort 11 U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in July to protect them from attack by Iran, which considers Kuwait an ally of Iraq...
...best were Gore and Haig. Though sweating a lot from the t.v. lights, Gore was the most serious and forthright Democrat. He was the only one who didn't patronize Rainbow Coalition Founder Jesse Jackson, pestering the reverend for his muddled views on the re-flagging of Kuwaiti oil-tankers. Haig was far less screechy than the other right-wingers on the panel who lambasted the I.N.F. treaty and didn't come off as smug as did the more moderate Dole and Bush. But he's already been Secretary of State and has nowhere...
...arms suppliers, while Beijing has denied the allegation. Last week Administration officials said they have evidence that new Chinese arms shipments, including sophisticated C-801 antiship missiles, have arrived in Tehran since early October. More than 100 new Silkworm missiles, the type that were used in recent attacks on Kuwaiti shipping, are also said to be destined for Iran as part of two arms deals, one for $1.3 billion in 1983 and another for $600 million early last year...
...retaliation and the Iranian counterstrike abruptly changed the profile of the gulf confrontation. Suddenly it looked less like a protective operation, in which U.S. warships quietly go about keeping Kuwaiti oil tankers out of harm's way, and more like a direct face-off between Iran and the U.S. -- a situation that, given the state of high dudgeon on both sides, could easily slide out of control. Secretary Weinberger, having made his point militarily, tried to turn down the rhetoric. "We do not seek any further confrontation with Iran," he said, "but we will be fully prepared to meet...
...sound and fury, the attack on Rostam was mostly symbolic. Neither side suffered any casualties, and loss of the platforms will not have much effect on the Iranians' ability to interfere with gulf ship traffic. U.S. hard-liners and Kuwaiti officials were dismayed, in fact, that the blow had been so soft. Some analysts saw no alternative in the long run to taking out the Silkworms, whatever the dangers and logistical difficulties. "You either have to destroy the missile sites or give up the notion of protecting the ships," said Edward Luttwak, a Washington-based military analyst...