Posted by: zanshin, 2008-08-22 02:51

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Date: 2008-07-08 (Tuesday)
The US Navy’s Fifth Fleet announced American, British and Bahraini vessels were to launch a new exercise in the Gulf called “Stake Net,” to practice tactics and procedures for protecting maritime infrastructure such as gas and oil installations.






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