VOL. XXXI

NO. 2

19-OCTOBER-1987

GULF SHIPPING

Iran Attacks Two Tankers in Kuwait Territorial Waters

The Gulf war has witnessed a further dangerous escalation as Iran hit for thefirst time two tankers in Kuwaiti territorial waters, one of them being a US-reflaggedKuwaiti tanker. A total of nine vessels were attacked last week and seven mineswere discovered off the waters of Fuiairah in the Sea of Oman.

Iran fired two Chinese-made Silkworm missiles against Kuwait from theoccupied Iraqi Fao Peninsula...