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WASHINGTON--Kuwaiti military forces detected the firing of a Silkworm missile yesterday that hit a U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti tanker, and tried but failed to shoot it down with a missile of their own, Pentagon sources said...
...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...
...tanker, the 81,283-ton Sea Isle City, is part of the Kuwaiti fleet reflagged by the United States in July to protect it from attack. Iran claims Kuwait aids Iraq, Iran's enemy in the seven-year Persian Gulf...
...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...
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...