From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Iraq: US sets civilian vessel ablaze [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Reuters. 18 October 2001. Iraq Says U.S. Navy Set Ship Ablaze in Gulf. BAGHDAD -- Iraq on Thursday accused the U.S. Navy in the Gulf of setting a civilian vessel ablaze near its southern port of Mina al-Bakr. "A civilian vessel owned by an Iraqi citizen was attacked on September 26 by a unit of the American Navy in the Arab Gulf," a foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement carried by the state news agency INA. The spokesman said the ship was forced to return to port after its bridge was badly damaged by fire. "These acts are ... disapproved of by the international community and represent a blatant violation of the charter of the United States and basic principles governing relations between states," the spokesman said, adding Iraq "reserved the right to respond." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews with continuing coverage of WWIII
