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...York futures markets edged past $20 per bbl. for the first time in 17 months. Industry experts said traders have been jittery about increased conflict in the Persian Gulf region, which supplies 20% of the oil consumed by the Western nations, since the attack on the U.S.S. Stark by an Iraqi plane last month...
...Rekkah and Casbah will soon be traversing the Persian Gulf bearing such familiar American names as Sea Isle City and Ocean City. But more than just the names will have changed. Under the plan President Reagan announced in the wake of Iraq's inadvertent attack on the U.S.S. Stark, eleven Kuwaiti tankers are scheduled to begin sailing under the Stars and Stripes next week. They will be captained by American skippers and escorted by American warships as they ply the world's most treacherous waterway...
...selling weapons to Iran, the U.S. left itself open to the strike against the Stark. It is easy to see why Iraq attacked the frigate. American weapons are killing Iraqis. Instead of promoting peace, our Government sows war and destruction, and for this we Americans suffer the hatred and scorn of the rest of the world...
...does the U.S. appoint itself the guardian of free passage of oil through the gulf? The incident with the Stark should teach the Reagan Administration not to poke its nose wherever it likes...
...referring to the strike against the Stark, President Reagan said the 37 sailors killed did not die in vain. My definition of "dying in vain" includes being killed in your bed without knowing you are in danger and without firing a shot. In the future, whenever the U.S. undertakes a mission into a hostile area, the Government should plan for the inevitable risks. Let's leave senseless martyrdom to others...