European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 28 j the stars and stripes tuesday february 16, 19bb Iran says it drove away . Helicopters Manama Bahrain Dpi iranian gunners fired on american helicopters Over iranian Oil loading terminals in the Southern persian Gulf saturday night. Forcing the choppers to make a diversion from their route and flee Tehran radio said sunday. The radio quoted an iranian military spokesman As saying the american Navy helicopters made the diversion from their route while flying on a reconnaissance Mission Over the iranian Island of Abu Musa and sin. It said a Convoy of .-cor1cd re tagged kuwaiti lankers was steaming through the Gulf nearby when the incident was no immediate confirmation of the Irani an claim from . Military officials in the Gulf. Tehran radio did not say whether any of he helicopters were downed or damaged in the barrage or what weapons were used. Iran is known to possess deadly .-Madc stinger missiles apparently obtained from afghan rebel fight radio said the iranian military warned the Heli copter pilots they were flying Over iranian territory bul the warnings were ignored and the iranian forces Ihen fired at the a spokesman for Iran s War information Headquarters was quoted by the radio As saying an unspecified number of helicopters then led. The spokesman described the flight of the choppers Over iranian territory As a provocation and Ameri can he said the provocation would not go unanswered Tehran radio in a broadcast monitored in Athens Greece said. If such mischief is repealed by the United Stales then the islamic combatants Are ready to deliver an other unforgettable lesson to american forces in the persian Gulf the spokesman was quoted by the radio As Island is an important loading terminal for tankers exporting Iran Oil. The last reported iranian attack against the . Navy in the Gulf look place when an iranian gunboat shot Al a Navy helicopter in the Southern Gulf on dec. 24.the helicopter was attempting to intervene in an iranian attack on a lab Arian flagged Oil Tanker. The shots missed the helicopter and it did not return fire. The helicopter was attached to the frigate Elrod. In september . Helicopters attacked and sunk three iranian speedboats that the Navy accused of fir ing on the choppers. In its daily War communique sunday Iran made no mention of the incident. The communique carried by the official islamic Republic news Agency in it Dis Patch monitored in Bahrain said the iranian air Force carried out reconnaissance flights Over the persian Gulf and the sea of the communique said iranian artillery pounded iraqi engineering vehicles in Husseini Yeh on the Southern sector of the balt front inflicting several casualties and losses on enemy in Baghdad a War communique said iraqi Jet fight ers completed 50 missions sunday while iraqi land forces in the Northern sector killed seven iranian troops and destroyed some War Campaign from Paga 1 Kemp also went after Dole. I am convinced that senator Dole has a secret plan to raise lanes on the american people Kemp said in Bedford n.h., before the debate. That would totally fru Sirac the Republican message that we Are the Low tax the democratic Side. Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois switched to attacking Dukakis the Clear front runner in the democratic Field. Simon dropped his controversial focus on rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri with whom he is battling for the no 2 spot. I think it is increasingly Clear that Paul Simon is now ahead of Dick Simon Lold a Manches Ter news conference there is a difference and a Clear alternative to Mike Simon is emphasizing a new and aimed at the Massachusetts governor news briefs Magazine apologizes for forged Telegram Bonn not the West Gorman news Magazine Der Spiegel said slur Daythal it regretted publishing a document linked austrian president Kurt Waldheim to War crimes. The document had bin declared forgery by the yugoslav a Thomies. Related Story Page a when published in Der Sokel two weeks ago the Date Umcil which ported to be a 1942 Telegram tiling it. As the authority sofa he transport Genore than 4,000 yugoslav civil bins to Conception Eam appeared to Provic the that he was personally invoked in at cities while serving with in Balkans. The Telegram Etc Mcdow considerable stir. 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