An Italian warship escorts the Italian c
An Italian warship escorts the Italian cargo ship Jolly Rubino towards the Strait of Hormuz and out of the Gulf November 21, 1987. At the same time 4 U.S. warships and a Russian warship escorting a tanker were entering the Gulf. The Tanker War started properly in 1984 when Iraq attacked Iranian tankers and the vital oil terminal at Kharg island. Iran struck back by attacking tankers carrying Iraqi oil from Kuwait and then any tanker of the Gulf states supporting Iraq. The air and small boat attacks did very little to damage the economies of either country and the price of oil was never seriously affected as Iran just moved it's shipping port to Larak Island in the straights of Hormuz. AFP PHOTO NORBERT SCHILLER (Photo credit should read NORBERT SCHILLER/AFP via Getty Images)
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