IRAQ-IRAN

Attacks Continue Against Gulf Vessels

Both Iran and Iraq attacked ships in the Gulf last week, following the previous week's Iraqi Exocet missile strike against the 386,444 dwt tanker Minotaur which suffered three casualties and serious damage to the engine room. On 8 December, two Iranian phantom jet fighters retaliated by hitting the 1,150 ton Kuwaiti supply vessel Tariq, injuring two seamen and causing damage to the boat's communications and engine rooms. The boat,...