Page 2 - The Michigan Daily Sunday, May 20, 1984 Freighter sinks in Persian I Gulf ABU DHABI (UPI) - A Panamanian- registered freighter ablaze by a missile attack sank in the Persian Gulf yester- day and Iran warned it would expand its war with Iraq "everywhere in the world" if outside powers try to inter- vene. Lloyds of London, the international shipping insurers, identified the sunken ship as 16,558-ton bulk carrier "Fidelity." SHIPPING sources said 21 crew members of the vessel were picked up by another ship, while 12 others were still in life rafts when it went down near Kharg Island, Iran's main petroleum shipping terminal in the Gulf. Though it was not certain whether Iranian or Iraqi jets fired the missiles that hit the "Fidelity," the sinking came a day after Iraq said its war- planes attacked and set ablaze two ships in the Gulf south of Kharg Island. The sinking came as Iraq vowed to tighten its siege of Iranian ports and oil terminals. Iran warned outside powers to stay out of the 4-year-old conflict. "IF WE show weakness, it would mean that after two weeks, no ship in the Gulf would come to Kharg Island and we will not sell our oil," Iranian Parliament speaker Hashemi Rafsan- jani said in Tehran. "We should prepare ourselves for a war everywhere in the world against the interests of any country that steps in the Gulf," he said. The Reagan administration has said it is committed to protecting freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf. Ad- ministration officials have been con- sulting with Arab nations in the region about the latest attacks but say they have not been asked for U.S. military support or direct intervention in the conflict. Associated Press Smoke rises from the Saudi Arabian tanker "Al Ahood". The tanker was 50 miles south of Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf when it was attacked May 7. A U.S. NAVY aircraft carrier battle group is on station at the mouth of the Persian Gulf and four American guided missile destroyers and frigates are in- side the waterway. British and French warships also are in the region. Iraq said it would keep up its attacks against Iran's oil export facilities. "The economic siege, and especially that against Iranian oil exports, will continue," the state-run Iraqi News Agency quoted army commander Taha Yassin Ramadan as saying in Bagh- dad. "The decision to paralyze Iran's trade is final." THE "FIDELITY" was the first vessel to sink in the gulf waters since April 25, when the Saudi Arabian 357,000-ton Safina al Arab was hit by Iraqi planes 70 miles south fo Kharg Island. Since then, seven tankers have been hit in the Gulf. A Saudi Arabian and two Kuwaiti vessels have been damaged by Iranian planes and Iraqi attacks have damaged two vessels from Spain, one from Greece and one from Iran. Shipping officials have said the at- tacks on tankers, and the resulting rise in shipping insurance, threaten to disrupt vital oil supplies from the Gulf to Western Europe and Japan. Iraqi blockade of Persian Gulf severs Arab lands I BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The four- month-old Iraqi blockade of Iranian ports has damaged not only the ships of its Persian enemy, but those of fellow Arab and other foreign nations, and it has threatened major oil shipping routes. An Arab diplomat said Iraq is pressing the blockade in hopes it will lead to at least one of three things: a negotiated settlement of its war with Iran, free naviagtion for its own ships in the Persian Gulf or additional political and financial backing. RATHER than buckling under, Iran is accused of attacking the ships of Iraq's main financial backers, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The diplomat, who represents a Per- sian Gulf nation and asked not to be identified, said the blockade may still achieve its goal. - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has repeatedly declared his readiness to negotiate a settlement with Iran. But the Iranians have rejected all mediation attempts. They demand the resignation of Hussein and his socialist Baath Party regime, and huge war reparations. IRAQ'S shipments of oil through the gulf have been shut off by the war and Iraqi leadership believes Iran "has been able to maintain the war only because it has enough resources to finance the costly fighting," the diplomat said. Oil exports through the gulf are "Iran's main, if not only, financial resource. So Iraq, in simple words, decided to close the gap, impose the sea blockade and prevent Iran from getting such income," the diplomat said. But last week saw attacks on two Kuwaiti tankers and one registered in Saudi Arabia. Kuwait accused Iranian gets of the attacks on its vessels, and U.S. officials said they had "pretty good evidence" Iranian jets were responsible for the attack on the Saudi ship. On Friday, Iraq said it had hit two naval targets near Iran's main Kharg Island oil terminal, and shipping sour- ces in Bahrain reported that a bulk carrier, the Fidelity, was hit Friday and sank yesterday. I HAPPENINGS Sunday Cinema Guild-Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., Lorch. CFT-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 5:15 & 9:30 p.m.; The Sting, 7:15 p.m., Michigan. Common Ground Theatre-Junkie! Portraits of Women & Transition, 2 p.m., Trueblood Theatre. Continuing Medical Ed.-"Advanced Cardiac Life Support," course, call 763-1400. Women's Studies-"Alternatives for the '80s," call 763-2047. Museum of Art-public tour, 2 p.m.; film, Japanese Gardens, 2:30 p.m. Muslim Student Assoc.-meeting, 10 a.m., 407 N. Ingalls. Psych Hospitals-Mental Health Resource Info Fair, 1-9 p.m.; Arborland Mall. Marine Corps League-Garage and Yard Sale, 10 a.m. to5p.m., 1035 S. Main. Peace Parade-2 p.m., Farmer's Market to West Park. Theatre Organ Society-Organ Concert, Tony O'Brien, 10 a.m., Michigan Theatre. Monday Society for Creative Anachronism-meeting, 8 p.m., call 996-4290. Eclipse-Workshop, jazz improv, 7 p.m., Union Assembly Hall. Tae Kwon Do Club-practice, 6 p.m., CCRB. Cant. Medical Ed.-"Advances in Pediatrics" course, call 763-1400. Campus Zen Soc.-Silent Zen Buddhist meditation. 7 p m., 331 Thompson. CEW-Re-entry women network lunch, noon, 350S. Thayer. Social Work-Symposium, "Local Welfare Policy, Decentralization, & Community Organization in the Netherlands,"9a.m.-9p.m., Rackham. Health Planning Council-Lecture, Gale Jensen, "Putting People's Food Needs First," 7:30 p.m., 4003 Education. CFT-Alien, 7:15 p.m.; Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 9:30 p.m., Michigan. 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