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...MANY ways, Persian Gulf, a little-know band from Philadelphia, could serve as an American answer to bands like U2 or Big Country. Here's a band deeply rooted in the traditions and values of the United States, who can make political anthems without sounding preachy...
...their new EP, Changing the Weather, Persian Gulf comes across as sardonic rather than cynical, concerned rather than overbearing, slangy rather than sloppy. Persian Gulf is also one of the very few groups who not only manage to come out of a political sing-along number ("It's a Good Thing") in one piece, but, in the process, create a biting social chant ("that's the right thing to know too late...
...Exocet has been frequently used against Persian Gulf shipping since the four-year-old war between Iran and Iraq extended to gulf waters last March. In recent months, however, a number of publications, quoting military analysts, have charged that the missile often misses its target and that its 363-lb. warhead frequently fails to explode on impact. Aerospatiale had endured such criticism in silence, the ad indicated, partly out of "respect for the seamen who lost their lives during the fighting." Now, however, the firm could wait no longer to refute the "inaccurate information ... to set the record straight...
...Salt, has vouched for the missile's effectiveness. "I was there," the ad quotes Salt as saying, "and there is no doubt that the warhead exploded." In addition, Aérospatiale claims that as of July 10, Exocets had been used successfully against 112 ships in the Persian Gulf, a statistic that has not been independently confirmed. Of 103 cases examined, the ad stated, "57 ships either sank, ran aground or were towed home for scrapping; damage to the other 46 was variable . .. Only one case of non-explosion was recorded...
...forestall a disaster, the divers began carving a 10 ft. by 17 ft. hole in the hull. A giant floating crane operated by Smit Tak International, a Rotterdam company that often retrieves sunken ships from places like the war-torn Persian Gulf, will be towed out to sea on a platform to pluck out the barrels gingerly, an operation that will probably take about a month. Declares Smit Tak International's managing director, Klaas Reinigert: "Compared with all the other jobs we've done, this one's easy." Despite the intense publicity that the sinking...