Will The Gulf Explode? The Iraq-Iran war spews sparks and ignites fuses in all directions.

The article discusses the impact of the 1980 Iran-Iraq conflict on the U.S. and the world economy. As mentioned, there were renewed worries that the war might yet cause massive disruption in world oil supplies. As reported, the Soviet Union would almost certainly like to replace the U.S. as the arms supplier to the Tehran government. As stated, the U.S. may find itself involved in the conflict by the linkage between the issues of the Arab-Israeli dispute and gulf security.