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WASHINGTON--Kuwaiti military forces detected the firing of a Silkworm missile yesterday that hit a U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti tanker, and tried but failed to shoot it down with a missile of their own, Pentagon sources said...
...sources, who insisted on anonymity, said Kuwaiti forces had fired a small surface-to-air missile from the island of Faylaka at the Silkworm as it passed nearby on a path toward an oil-loading facility. At least 18 people on the U.S.-flagged tanker, including the ship's American captain, were wounded in the attack...
...second missile strike on an American-owned or American-flagged vessel in Kuwaiti waters in two days...
...tanker, the 81,283-ton Sea Isle City, is part of the Kuwaiti fleet reflagged by the United States in July to protect it from attack. Iran claims Kuwait aids Iraq, Iran's enemy in the seven-year Persian Gulf...
...estimated the cost of the administration's policy of escorting reflagged Kuwaiti tankers through the war-torn region at $200 million to date. The Pentagon has said it costs about $20 million a month more than military would spend ordinarily on the ships and troops...