VOL. XXX

NO. 3

27-October-1986

IRAQ-IRAN

Attacks in Gulf Take Dangerous Turn

As aerial and naval attacks against oil-related targets in the Gulf continuewith no sign of relenting, a clear and potentially dangerous pattern isemerging: a prolonged and significant decline in Iranian oil exports, Iranianattacks targeted on Kuwaiti vessels, and the extension of the scene of waroperations to the Strait of Hormuz. While there have been hundreds of armedincidents in the Gulf during the past six years,...