The World - News from Jan. 21, 1986
An Iraqi missile attack killed an Australian diver and wounded 10 other seamen aboard a Dutch supply ship assisting in the construction of Iranian oil terminals in the Persian Gulf, shipping officials in Bahrain reported. The vessel, the Smit Maassluis, was reportedly set ablaze by a French-made Exocet missile fired by an Iraqi warplane. The fire was later contained, and the ship was being towed across the gulf to the emirate of Dubai. Iran and Iraq have been at war for more than five years.
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