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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Tuesday strongly defended the U.S. attack on an Iranian ship laying mines in the Persian Gulf, saying Western navies should "go for the people who are causing the trouble in the first place." Britain also demanded an apology for what Thatcher called an "absolutely outrageous" attack by an Iranian gunboat on a gulf tanker flying the British flag.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Tuesday strongly defended the U.S. attack on an Iranian ship laying mines in the Persian Gulf, saying Western navies should "go for the people who are causing the trouble in the first place." Britain also demanded an apology for what Thatcher called an "absolutely outrageous" attack by an Iranian gunboat on a gulf tanker flying the British flag.