Operation Praying Mantis

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/operation-praying-mantis

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the date of operation?April 18, 1988
2. What is the preceding event?Mining of USS Samuel B. Roberts on April 14, 1988
3. Why did the U.S. launch Operation Praying Mantis?The U.S. launched Operation Praying Mantis to retaliate for the mine that damaged the USS Samuel B. Roberts and to stop further Iranian attacks on shipping.
4. How many Iranian ships and platforms were destroyed in the operation?The operation destroyed two oil platforms, three warships, many armed boats, and two Iranian fighter jets.

Operation Earnest Will: A U.S. military operation to protect Kuwaiti oil tankers during the Iran-Iraq War.
Treaty of Amity: A bilateral agreement between the United States and Iran signed in 1955, governing diplomatic relations.
International Court of Justice (ICJ): The principal judicial organ of the United Nations, settling legal disputes between states.