Word: starks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question that had reverberated on many levels throughout the week, as the nation tried to understand how a senseless military mishap and a puzzling American role in a faraway war had somehow combined to cost the lives of 37 sailors trapped in their bunks aboard the U.S.S. Stark. "Americans today," the President noted, "know the price of freedom in this uneasy world." And then, once again, a bugler played taps...
Although President Reagan and other top officials have vowed to proceed with the plan to allow Kuwaiti tankers to change their registry, the move has drawn criticism on Capitol Hill in the wake of the May 16 attack on the frigate USS Stark...
...Stark was heavily damaged in an Iraqi air attack that left 37 sailors dead. Both the United States and Iraq have described that attack as inadvertent and a case of mistaken identity...
...Stark was part of the Navy's Mideast Task Force, which normally consists of six or seven small warships that patrol the Persian Gulf to keep an eye on U.S. vessels...
Although the attack on the Stark was the first on an American vessel, the Navy's work in the gulf has become increasingly dangerous because Iran and Iraq--which have been fighting each other for almost seven years--have stepped up attacks on commercial shipping in a bid to cripple each other's economy...