VOL. XXX

NO. 14

12-JANUARY-1987

IRAQ-IRAN-KUWAIT

Iran Resumes Attacks on Kuwait-Bound Ships

After a lull of around seven weeks Iran has resumed its attacks on neutralvessels in the Gulf, deliberately selecting two Kuwaiti-linked ships. Thestrikes were carried out by naval boats in the southern part of the Gulf late atnight. In both cases the tankers were intercepted and identified by Iraniangunboats two or three hours prior to the attack. Since last September Iran hashit nine ships in the Gulf,...