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PERSIANAttscks on Shipping
A Kuwaiti cargo ahip eutlarad only minor damage In an attack. an Iranian frigate In tho aovtharn Portion Quit raetardat "
Iranian frigate wasneacorted Kuwait-bound shipping After tracking the Kuwait! ship for severalhe frigate usedmm gune when lta Italian-made Sea KBler missiles failed lo fire Additional reporting Indicates fast patrol boats may also have been Irrvotvod In the attack. Meanwhile, at least one Iranian tanker was hH by Iraqi airatrikee yesterday,ource of the US defense attache in Riyadh]
Iranian ship attack was In retaliation for Iraq'a of air raids In the Gulf, ken'san unescorted ship, attempting to use Sea Killer missiles, and staying several miles away from the cargo ship during theprecautions toS defensive response to their renewed
dng activities. More Iranian retaliatory ship attacks are likely.
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SEP 9
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