University Daily Kansan, August 28, 1984
NATION AND WORLD
Page 9
Warplane hits tanker in Persian Gulf
By United Press International
KUWAIT — A warplane hit a Panamanian-registered oil tanker with a rocket that sparked a blaze yesterday as the ship sailed in the Persian Gulf. It was the 32nd confirmed air attack on commercial shipping this year in the Iran-Iraq war.
The attack by an unidentified warplane came amid reports, of clashes between Iranian and Iraqi forces in the nearly 4-year old war.
A spokesman for the Greek Piraeus-based Troodos Shipping Co. confirmed the 20,000-tonne Cleo I had been hit by a rocket and caught fire as it sailed from India to the Saudi port of Ras Tannura to load oil.
The ship was hit about 70 miles northest of Qatar, the official
Kuwaiti news agency KUNA said. There were no reports of injuries among the vessel's crew.
IN LONDON, A spokesman for Lloyd's, the shipping insurer, said that the fire was under control, but that the vessel's steering was damaged in the attack and the tanker was heading for the Qatari port of Doha using an emergency guidance system.
The British Broadcasting Corp. reported that the American guided missile destroyer USS King was about 50 miles from the stricken ship at the time of the attack and offered assistance.
On Friday, an Iraqi missile tailor into a Cypriot-registered freighter, setting it ablaze and forcing its crew to escape. The missile is main terminal at Kharg island.
Iraq invaded Iran in September because it was a long-standing dispute.
the Shatti el-Arab waterway. The war spread with both nations attacking the Gulf shipping lanes in an attempt to cut off each other's oil shipments.
IN A REPORT issued yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said that the military balance in the Persian Gulf had now shifted in Iraq's favor, and the long awaited Iranian assault on Iraq would probably fail.
The report, written by a bipartisan group of staff members who visited eight Middle East countries last month, also said there is "greater calm in most Gulf countries" and in the international oil market than most observers expected.
The "stakes in the Persian Gulf are high for the United States and its Western allies," the study said, but there is "no serious concern" the war could lead to fighting between the United States and the Soviet Union.
"The Iran-Iraq military balance has shifted in Iraq's favor during the past year as a result of the worldwide arms embargo on Iran and massive arms sales to Iraq by the Soviets and French," the report said.
"IT IS OUR assessment that an Iranian assault on Iraq would probably lead to a defeat for Iran unless Iraqi morale collapses."
The report said Iran has the capability to close the Persian Gulf to tanker traffic, but the Western nations could reopen it with devastating air strikes on Iranian ports and airbases.
Politically, the report said, "Several key Iranian leaders appear to be reaching the conclusion that the costs of continuing military efforts are becoming too great. There is no indication, however, that Ayatullah Khomeini has changed his basic position in support of the war."
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