Word: patroled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that Iran was indeed sowing mines "to defend our coastline." Earlier, Hashemi Rafsanjani, the parliamentary speaker, had told an interviewer that Iran has factories "that can produce mines like seeds." Meanwhile, for the first time in the crisis the Iranian military went on the offensive. Two Iranian high-speed patrol boats fired on the Liberian-registered Osco Sierra, then boarded and searched the cargo ship...
Though Britain and France had rejected U.S. pleas for minesweepers two weeks ago, both now felt compelled to act. London announced it was sending four mine hunters to join the three-warship Armilla Patrol that has escorted British tankers in the region for the past six years. Defense Secretary George Younger, however, insisted that the vessels would be used only to protect British ships in the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz...
Though both Paris and London made it clear that they were acting on their own, the Reagan Administration was delighted. Weinberger again called for an international minesweeping force to patrol the region, but the allies continued to spurn that proposal. The U.S.S. Guadalcanal, carrying eight Sea Stallion minesweeping helicopters, is not scheduled to reach the Persian Gulf until later this month, and British and French sweepers are not due to arrive until mid-September...
...perverse fringe benefit of the violence has been a widely observed improvement in highway manners. Says California Highway Patrol Sergeant Mark Lunn: "Most people are very attentive now and very, very polite...
Less corrupt but far more menacing than the traditional authorities are the Pasdaran, or Revolutionary Guards, who constantly patrol the streets. Says a young Iranian Jew who fled to Israel: "They stop you if they do not like your looks or if they have the slightest suspicion that you are not obeying the rules of Islam. If you go hand in hand with your wife, they will stop you and force you to show them your marriage license. If you do not have the document, you will be arrested." In the minds of many Iranians, the Revolutionary Guards have taken...