Word: oiling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Iraq has stepped up its air war on Iranian shipping, hitting 15 enemy tankers since Sept. 25. It even sent Mirage jets ranging far south to Iran's Larak Island oil terminal near the gulf's mouth, where they damaged the Liberian-flagged Seawise Giant, the world's largest tanker. Iran struck back, firing two long-range missiles at Baghdad...
...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...
...projectile that hit the Sea Isle City crashed into the crew accommodation quarters as the ship moved slowly toward a refueling pier near Kuwait's Al-Ahmadi oil terminal. The tanker was empty at the time...
WASHINGTON--A House committee voted yesterday to impose heavy fees on oil tankers protected by U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf, but critics warned the moneysaving move would send a dangerous signal that U.S. military services are for sale...
Under the proposal, each one way trip made by an oil tanker under U.S. protection through the gulf would cost $250,000 or the actual cost of the services, whichever is more. Oil companies not paying the fee would be subject to penalties and the protection service would be halted. The committee staff estimated the escort fee would generate at least $95 million a year...