IRAQ-IRAN

Hostilities Continue in the Gulf 

The tanker war between Iraq and Iran has claimed its 32nd confirmed victim so far this year, marking a degree of intensity unmatched in the earlier periods of the six-year war. oil installations also came under attack during the past week.

On 4 April Iraq twice attacked the Imam Hassan facility (ex-Bahrgansar) in the northeastern part of the Gulf near Bandar Khomeini (latitude 29.48 degrees east, longtitude 50.11 degrees north). Independent...