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Among the disputed issues is his support for humanitarian aid to the Nicaraguan rebels, known as the contras, and his support for the reflagging of Kuwaiti tankers in the Persian Gulf, Price said.
With the naval bombardment, the conflict in the Persian Gulf entered a new and more dangerous phase, one characterized, in typical Middle East fashion, by attacks and counterattacks, retaliation and revenge. The U.S. was responding to Iranian Silkworm missile strikes on the oil tankers Sungari and Sea Isle City two...
The U.S. retaliation and the Iranian counterstrike abruptly changed the profile of the gulf confrontation. Suddenly it looked less like a protective operation, in which U.S. warships quietly go about keeping Kuwaiti oil tankers out of harm's way, and more like a direct face-off between Iran and the...
The Silkworms that were apparently used in both attacks have an estimated range of 50 miles, which places the damaged tankers on the outer edge of their trajectory. China adapted them from a Soviet weapon called the Styx, first developed in the 1950s. About 20 ft. long and carrying up...
The Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini's fanatical followers have instead chosen to use the Silkworms for assaults on vulnerable Kuwait, which has supplied billions of dollars to Iraq during the seven-year war. Dozens of ships bound to and from Kuwait have come under fire from armed Iranian speedboats that race...