The World - News from July 11, 1985
The Turkish supertanker M. Vatan, hit by an Iraqi missile and severely damaged by fire, was towed to Iran’s Sirri Island in the Persian Gulf. Nations bordering the gulf sent up aircraft to assess the pollution damage from leaking oil. The tanker, a target in Iraq’s drive to cut Iranian oil exports, was the latest casualty in the nearly five-year-old war. The M. Vatan’s captain said in a ship-to-shore interview that his tanker has lost about 20% of its 2.7 million barrels of Iranian crude oil.
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