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US,Australia, Bahrain, Britain, France & Italy to conduct Navy exercises near Iran
SIX nations, including Australia, will participate in naval manoeuvres in the Gulf, near Iran, designed to stop nuclear proliferation, a high-ranking US State Department official said overnight.On Monday, Australia, Bahrain, Britain, France, Italy and the United States will participate as part of an 80-nation Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), the official told journalists on condition of anonymity. The exercise will simulate inspection of a "target vessel carrying materials useful to a nuclear weapon program" destined for a "country of proliferation concern in the region," the source said, without mentioning Iran. Posted by: Oztralian 2006-10-27 |
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