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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Hunt who wrote (11966)	12/19/2001 3:03:23 PM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27666

U.S. Boats Attack Iran Oil Tanker in Gulf [ TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.S. speedboats attacked an Iranian-registered Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf on Wednesday injuring two people, Iran's state television reported. Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the Swiss ambassador, whose country represents U.S. interests in Iran, later on Wednesday to deliver Tehran's ``strong protest'' and demand explanation, it said. The television said the tanker was on its way to the southwestern Iranian port of Abadan when it came under attack. It did not give any more details of the incident. The Swiss envoy told an Iranian Foreign Ministry official the American boats had mistaken the tanker for an Iraqi vessel smuggling oil, according to the television. U.S. forces in the Gulf regularly intercept ships suspected of carrying Iraqi oil in violation of U.N. sanctions imposed on Baghdad for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. An Iraqi vessel sank last month after being boarded by U.S. navy troops enforcing the sanctions in the region. Tehran and Washington broke diplomatic ties after Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in the Iranian capital in 1979 and took its staff hostage. ]