IRAQ ATTACKS KHARG

Despite Iraqi claims to have "demolished" Iran's main oil export terminal at Kharg Island in an air attack on 15 August, it appears at MEES press time that although the raid was pressed home with unprecedented determination and may have caused considerable damage to the installations, it has failed to put the terminal out of action.

The attack, which took place at 1115 GMT, was carried out by six Iraqi airplanes and appears to have focused on the two main...