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Article: ADMIRAL PLAYS DOWN GULF RISK.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 6, 1987
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Byline: George C. Wilson Washington Post
Adm. William J. Crowe Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a skeptical Senate Armed Services Committee Friday that escorting Kuwaiti tankers through the Persian Gulf would not be a high-risk undertaking, although "there are no absolute guarantees that such an operation will be casualty-free."
Crowe urged Congress "not to be stampeded by overly dramatic accounts" of the gulf war. Following the Iraqi attack on the USS Stark, the Iranians "appear to be even more cautious than previously," he added.
But the Associated Press reported that Iranian Parliament Speaker Hashemi Rafsanjani said Friday ...