European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 23,1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 looking for a Good place to Cross a mini German milks Chr us h a loaded Park earlier his week in stocks lady West German. A Branch of he Rhine Kiter has flip Odd Homes mid Rural find in the town West of Darmstadt. The Rhine reported a mis Risiti 7 in lies an Hidur earlier this week due in Hen ruins and melting Snow in the South. Blast aboard  Tanker kills american Manama hah ram ill an explosion and fire ripped through i i s flagged kuwaiti Anker thurs  in the persian huh. Killing one american crewman and leaving another missing in the first Mich incident suite i a in Lian Lari i. Ease fire took it acct. However is Ollk la is in Washington said if blast aboard Loup Sutlick which also injured Al least Lour other  did nut appear in he from a mini left of f i not the Lun Tui  or an Ali Aik on the Tanker our  reports indicate  it was an Inie Nuiji explosion " state department spokesman i Cote Mal Lei k  in a Ashing turn me a said i Neul two american try Wien first listed As nuns int had Heen int tried dead identities Iton  withheld until i Lati is  notified hut hippie a Nim i i t Ltd s of Tendon said the tvo were the ships Uip Iam and Host mate the remaining 23 ire me Mavis were Les used f he tale Sinnung a plus Ion  us a fires  the  Tanki a Kuun with of attic re i med Oil hindu is lot  Hulk smoke billowed above the Umas  vessels rescued View members and Iasi Quaid ships hum the t med Arab tin rates thu yet the Llames into them it. S  jiul t Ull hissed shipping Soureyi said the eve Blosiu i o v tired at ii is am. As the Tanker passed Iran s he Musa Island m International Waters near the Mouth it the Gull i Enta on spokesman Hoh malt is id i at Kali cd and revue Hal copiers were on the scene As the sur it look on water 15 to 2l links Southeast of Abu Musa. Which Ann Man Mittan old Iesals describe As a pc base for iranian gunboats near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Mall said the cause of the explosion was under in Asti tuition but added. We have nol seen and mines in the area there Hae Heen no indications of mines in the Vrej " kuwaiti Oll Ici als Aist discounted the possibility the Tanker struck one of hundreds of mines still adrift in the Gulf alter the eight sear Iran Iraq War. A shipping source said a 1ard Hole in the starboard Side of the Tanker is consist ent Wilh reports of Halasi from inside the  the Tanker was heading for Europe with a Load of fuel and naphtha when it caught  Abdulfatta Al Hadr. Board chairman of the stale owned Kuwait Oil Tanker of. Told the official Kuwait news Agency. The compans is keen to preserve the lives of the sailors he said adding the vessel and its Multi Milhon smoke bilious from the surf it after an explosion that killed Une Nur Inui aboard the i  Huu Aili Lanki a. Dollar contents were Fulk insured. Rescue Pei alms Are still under was to put out the lire and save the Tanker and its  me did not know the cause of the blast on the Tanker. Lloyd s said the explosion Mav have occurred Dur ing tank cleaning operations. The most american Crew was turned in abandon the ship. Al Badr said tour Crew members were Miinch and had been moved to a Hospital in Dubai for treatment. Capt. Ron vide Ruth. Chief spokesman for the Central Conid in Tampa. Fla., which oversees opera Lions in the Gulf also said initial reports indicate the a Nav v hip Pai Rollini the trim Rej i. Ecu mtef7 Eis of  m  be Wii sided Sailor n san said the Tanker s 1 stroked in a Ureal a pm prised Surv ivors guide it Kuwait put 11 Oil Lank telex cd d Ile said he was us was we  us Llew Elund the a. Hag in jul 1 Avi m the height of the link War Between Iraq and Iran to protect them from Ira Nian gun Hui attacks