“ALY ‘ "SOBV UGA guado OJ, we Ue pire KOUOINTV 19 d Fo | Wi "55 $d 17 Sep &7 Fighting . Attacks Follow End Of U.N. Mission . i . Weintraub -. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 16—Iraq said its war planes resumed strikes on Iranian targets today, only hours after U.N. Sec- retary General Javier Perez de Cuellar left Baghdad at the end of : is four-day mission to the region. a in ‘arn, said its forces had attacked Iraqi naval targets in the northern Persian Gulf. It also an- nounced that it would hold a new round of maneuvers in the Gulf of *} Oman starting Thursday in the re- gion where French mine sweepers ||¥« already have begun operations. Tran ° also said Kurdish forces which it backs were holding their own | against counterattacks in northern Iraq close to strategic oil pipeline facilities. The announcements signaled a renewal of the sea and land attacks that marked the weeks leading up to Perez de Cuellar’s trip to Tehran and Baghdad, during which he The announcements ., signaled a renewal of the sea and land © attacks that marked the weeks leading up to Perez de Cuellar’s trip. arts,’ . Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-60789R000200050003-2 nat net an we yr Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000200058003-2 Eo RE spree pe: - gance” of the western powers that ° es ae just outside the gulf, Sought to find grounds for imple- menting a Security Council resoly- tion calling for a cease-fire in the long-running gulf conflict, a Eraqi_ military. communique , . Said that its planes struck the east- , €rn jetty of Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal at 3 a.m, and that'a “large naval target,” the Iraqi term for a. ship, was hit an hour later near the | Iranian coast. Later in the day, + Baghdad reported strikes on the Iranian oilfields at Karang and Baghi-Malek. The Iraqis also said “Iran had continued shelling the Iraqi cityof Basra... : Tran, which previously hag con- ducted naval maneuvers, said the new’ round would include speed- boats equipped “with all sorts of | light! and medium-weight weapons” and :would involve regular troops and Revolutionary Guards, - | : The announcement said the ma- neuvers were designed to train for “inflicting blows on global arro- ' have amassed a large fleet of war- ships in the Persian Gulf and in the “Ported ta Be approaching Kuwait's ‘trip through the gulf, 7" French’ mine sweepers - began working Friday in waters off the United Arab Emirates’ port of Fu- ._ Jayrah, where two ships have struck mines believed to have been laid by the Iranians. British mine sweepers also-are believed to be close to the area. ’ Western diplomats in the area have said they expect a full-scale renewal of hostilities now that Perez de Cuellar’s mission is com- pleted. They also have expressed fears of the conflict spilling over to envelop western warships that might get caught up in the fighting by-accident, In its version of today's military action, Tehran radio said tonight that Iran’s Air Force had struck several Iraqi small naval craft in the northern gulf and also had hit coast~ al artillery positions. . - Most recent air activity in the. gulf conflict has involved the Iraqi Air Force, since Iran’s air wing, mostly supplied by the United | States during the days of the late shah, is grounded for lack of spare |
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000200050003-2 A News/Editorials B Sports C Metro/Obituaries/Classified D Style/Television E Metro 2/Comics F Business Inside: Weekend Detailed index on Page A2 Prices May Vary in Areas Outside . OCTOBER 16, 1987, u Metropolitan Washington (See Box on Ad) 25¢ tung ton FO Wg Och 19 87 Tran Hits U.S-Owned Tanker - Missile Thought to Be Silkworm Sets Ship on Fire Off Kuwait By Patrick E. Tyler Washington Post Foreign Service DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, ; Oct. 15—In its first successful mis- * sile strike on Kuwaiti territory, [ran today blasted a 10-by-13-foot hole in a U.S.-owned — supertanker anchored off Kuwait’s main oil port, setting the ship ablaze within sight of four other tankers that had ar- rived Tuesday under U.S, Navy es- cort, U.S. officials in the region and in Washington said they believed the Iranian missile was a Chinese-made Silkworm fired from [ranian-con- trolled territory on Iraq’s Faw Pen- insula, about 50 miles to the north. Kuwait immediately protested the attack to the United Nations. A Kuwaiti Defense Ministry state- ment said, “Kuwait holds Iran re- ; sponsible for this act.” ' The missile attack presented the Reagan administration with a new threat of escalation in the Persian Gulf, where U.S, forces last month took military action against Iran when a mine-laying vessel threat- ened another anchorage in the cen- ~ tral gulf used by U.S.-flag oil tank- ers and warships. In addition, the missile struck a few miles from where the U.S. {_____| Navy was preparing to moor a sec- ter a ond ocean-going barge rigged and he 28 armed as an offshore U.S. “fort”: sague { Rear Kuwait—which has not grant- “esal- | ed U.S. basing facilities for aircraft 'inday or warships engaged in the protec- ' tion of Kuwaiti shipping. 44 un- Three other long-range missiles, ‘nage- | two of them identified as Silk- all its | worms, were fired at Kuwaiti ter- a oe 2 suit See GULF, A34, Col. 4 Ollec- 7 “as on | w Attack on US.-owned tanker, re Dik shows protection’s limits, Page A3-E:: 3 con- MOT: US FLAGGED? Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000200050003-2