SECOND CONVOY REACHES KUWAIT AS TANKER HITS MINE IN GULF OF OMAN

In the highly-charged atmosphere prevailing after the carnage in Mecca on 31 July, the events of the past week in the Gulf have given contradictory signals. On the one hand, the safe arrival in Kuwait of the second convoy of reflagged tankers and the resumption of Iraqi air attacks on Iranian oil installations without Iranian retaliation against Iraq's Arab supporters as had been threatened by Iranian officials (MEES, 3...