The Protracted Conflict

Level One:

The Cod War gets only occasional, and usually amused, notice in our media, but rates daily attention in the press of both belligerents. And it’s no joke for the troops. From pre-history, fishermen have been pretty rough types. For months the powerful trawlers of the two sides have been harassing each other. Lately, Icelandic gunboats and British naval frigates have joined in. The gunboats have opened fire on at least two British trawlers.