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Six Brit ships pass through Suez
  • CAIRO (Reuters) - Six British navy ships passed through Egypt's Suez Canal heading south on Saturday to participate in military exercises, a British naval source said. ``The ships will be engaging in exercises which were previously arranged and are not related to the recent events,'' the source told Reuters, referring to Tuesday's terror attacks in the United States. He would not disclose the ships' final destination or give any further details.

    He said the support vessels Diligence and Sea Crusader with mine hunters Cattistock, Quorn, Walney and Inverness passed through the canal early on Saturday. Canal sources said the waterway rarely saw such a large convoy of British military ships.

    NATO invoked its mutual defense clause on Wednesday for the first time in its 52-year history, opening the way for a possible collective response by the Atlantic alliance, which includes Britain, to the attacks.
    Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2001-09-15
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