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Article: U.S. warns Iran, Iraq // Firm tanker policy stressed by officials
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 22, 1987
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WASHINGTON The United States has given strong warnings to Iran
against attacking U.S. naval convoys in the Persian Gulf and has
pressed Iraq to call off strikes on Iranian shipping, senior
administration officials said Tuesday.
"We wanted to make sure there is no misunderstanding"
Washington's determination in the venture, one official said.
The mission got under way early Tuesday when the Navy put two
Kuwaiti oil tankers under the American flag and prepared to escort
them into the gulf through the Strait of Hormuz past Iranian gun and
missile emplacements.
The supertanker Bridgeton and the smaller oil products carrier
Gas Prince hoisted the American flag while at anchor off the ...