MIDDLE EAST BRIEF O (DELETED) FOR 21 JULY 1987

Created: 7/21/1987

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ERSI A* CUL'i AN READY TO BEGIN MAVAL rUutEUVERS

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CONSULTATIVE assembly speaker RAFSANJANI WARMED LAST FRI OAT THAT, THE USOT CRAZY,11 (RAN WAS READY TO SINK US SNIPS AND KILL THOUSANOS Of US TROOPS IN TNI PERSIAN CULF, ACCORDING TO IRANIAN PRESS REPORTS. THE JOINT STAFF OF IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD ANNOUNCED SUNOAY THAT GUARS NAVAL UNITS WOULD BEGIN CONDUCTING

THIS WEEK TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMBAT

__THE START OF NAVAL "MARTYRDOM" MANEUVERS JUST AS THE US T REFLAGOEO KUWAITI TANKERS IS ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT COINCIDENTAL AND SUGGESTS TEHRAN WILL MAINTAIN ITS BELLICOSE STANCE IN THE PERSIAN GULF. ALTHOUGH THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD NAVY HAS FEVER CAPABILITIES THAN THE REGULAR NAVY, IT IS MOREALILLY TO YAKE GREATER RISKS AND ENGAGE IN MORE PROVOCATIVE At