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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, June 22, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In site stripes d pilots wow pm at Mildenhall Page 3 d Zaragoza Asbestos removal plan is cancelled Page 9 d Watson on top of . Open sports Page 21 the Sims Ante stripes authorized unofficial publication vol.46,no.66 monday june 22, 1987 Iran Renews anti-. Threats crushing blows vowed against ships in Gulf med Foncet d 8693 a Nicosia Cyprus a iranian prime minister Hussein Musavi on sat urday threatened crushing blows against . Targets in the persian Gulf after iraqi planes attacked an Iran bound Oil Tanker to end a one month Lull. Iran has evidence that Kuwait provided the facilities for an air strike at Dawn saturday against the Tanker in the Northern Gulf Musavi said in a Tehran radio broadcast monitored in Nicosia. He did not elaborate but the iranians have charged in the past that Irani War planes regularly Fly through kuwaiti air space on their Way to attack ships and that Kuwait aids Iraq in its 6�-year War with Iran. Following this provocative move in Security in the persian Gulf will be much greater than in the past Musavi  should know that we will not shirk making America s military prestige in the Region a target for our crushing  Musavi said the attack on the Tanker was designed to pave the Way for Amer Ica s presence in the Region Gulf based shipping executives old the associated press in Bahrain that the vessel was the 74,000-ton liberian registered tenacity Tehran radio said the ship was sailing from Bandar Abbas inthe Strait of Hormuz to Iran s Harg is land terminal in the Northern Gulf. The iraqi raid was the first against shipping in the Gulf since one of Bagh dad s fighter bombers fired a missile into the frigate Stark May 17, killing 37 Crew men. Iraq has said the Stark was mistaken for an iranian warship and apol Ogi de. The first of 11 kuwaiti tankers being registered in the United states to give Ihm Protection from iranian attacks i expected to reach he Gulf by the end of june. Iran has warned the a flagging will no deter its forces from attacking kuwaiti vessels or those trading with the emirate. Baghdad radio announced that Iraq fighter bombers hit a Large maritime Large which usually Means a Tanker off the iranian coast at 5 . Quoting a military spokesman the stale radio reported an accurate and effective hit indicating the vessel was probably hit by a missile. Baghdad radio also reported a Vio Lent and daring air raid on Harg. The Gulf based shipping executives who con firmed the terminal had been raided said a pumping station was hit but in extent of the damage was unclear. The Tehran broadcast made no men lion of casualties or damage. The official iraqi news Agency quoted military communique As saying that see Iran on Page 28 police tear Gas Routs Seoul protesters isl monks flee tear up fired by riot police to break up an Mili Gourn Niento wily saturday in Seoul. Seoul South Korea a tens of thousands of not police broke up protests and dispersed crowds with tear Gas saturday in a major show of strength after the government warned that nationwide Bances must end. Demonstrators in Seoul my Muci forged by Rio police hurling  
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