The World - News from April 17, 1985
Iraqi warplanes attacked a Cypriot-registry tanker near Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal in the Persian Gulf. Lloyd’s shipping agency in London reported that the 122,841-ton tanker Kypros was in flames 80 miles southeast of Kharg after being struck by an Exocet missile. In another Persian Gulf War development, about 45 Iranian soldiers reportedly suffering from chemical weapons poisoning arrived at the Vienna airport and were dispersed to hospitals in Western Europe. Iran renewed its charges that Iraq is using chemical weapons, forbidden by international law, against Iranian troops on the battlefield.
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