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Kuwait
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U.S. instructs Gulf embassies to oppose price rises
📅 14 January 1981Washington instructed Gulf embassies to challenge oil-price increases. Its cable argued that higher prices aggravated the war’s disruption and harmed both industrial and developing economies.
Kuwait accuses Iranian aircraft of an attack
📅 1 October 1981Kuwait reported an attack by Iranian aircraft. The allegation brought regional airspace and Iraq’s Gulf supporters into the conflict beyond the main Iran–Iraq front.
Iran warns Kuwait against assistance to Iraq
📅 21 February 1986Iran warned Kuwait not to support Iraq as Iranian forces stood near the Iraqi–Kuwaiti frontier. Regional assistance to Baghdad remained a source of confrontation.
Kuwait asks for U.S. protection of its tankers
đź“… January 1987Kuwait formally requested that its tankers be reflagged as U.S. vessels amid attacks on Gulf shipping. The request drew Washington closer to the conflict and made the sea lanes a more direct arena...
Kuwaiti tankers begin sailing under the U.S. flag
📅 March 1987Kuwaiti tankers were placed under the American flag, a decision that brought U.S. naval protection to shipping linked to Iraq’s Gulf partners. Iran viewed the growing foreign military presence as a...
TASS reports a Soviet tanker’s mine damage
đź“… 17 May 1987TASS reported that a Soviet tanker had struck a mine off Kuwait. The incident exposed Soviet-linked commercial shipping to the hazards of the Gulf war.
A missile hits the U.S.-flagged tanker Sea Isle City
đź“… 16 October 1987A missile struck the U.S.-flagged tanker Sea Isle City near Kuwait, injuring crew members. Washington blamed Iran and soon attacked Iranian oil platforms; Tehran disputed U.S. claims about its role.