The World - News from Aug. 19, 1985
Iranian jets rocketed and set afire a Belgian oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, apparently in retaliation for an Iraqi air raid last week on Iran’s huge Kharg Island oil terminal. Lloyd’s of London, the maritime insurer, reported that the 50,000-ton Belgian tanker Naess Leopard was attacked about 25 miles east of Qatar. In retaliating against Iraqi attacks, Iran has struck at shipping benefiting gulf nations friendly to Iraq. The Belgian tanker was reported heading for the gulf port of Bahrain under its own power.
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