VOL. XXXI
NO. 5
9-NOVEMBER-1987
GULF SHIPPING
More Tankers Hit in Gulf Strike
With the prospects for the UN's peace initiative in the Gulf war lookingdistinctly bleak and with few, if any, alternative solutions in sight, Iraqhas continued to attack Iranian economic and shipping targets.
On 4 November Baghdad announced strikes against four ships in the northernGulf, as well as against the Kharg Island export terminal and petrochemical andoil facilities near Bushehr in south-west Iran. The only...
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