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...mine was about 50 miles southeast of Kuwait's Al-Ahmadi oil terminal, loading point for U.S. escorted Kuwaiti tankers...
Shipping sources said the United Arab Emirates declared a "danger zone" in the affected part of its anchorage 30 miles south of the gulf, where tankers transship oil and ships take on supplies. It also has been used to assemble convoys for trips up the gulf by Kuwaiti tankers flying American flags and escorted by U.S. warships...
...head of the gulf, Kuwaiti tankers flying the American flag were loading cargoes at Al-Ahmadi in preparation for the trip south under U.S. Navy escort...
...expect the 81,283-ton Sea Isle City, 79,999 ton Ocean City and 46,723-ton Gas King to be joined by the Bridgeton. The 401,382-ton tanker hit a mine July 24, near a fortified Iranian island, on the first voyage up the gulf by empty Kuwaiti vessels under American protection...
...sources, who demanded anonymity, said the incident occurred over the weekend shortly after U.S. Navy warships began escorting a group of three Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz into the Perslan Gulf...