![]() “Any destabilizing activity, including threats to commercial traffic and coastal infrastructure, really can have profound global impacts,” said Cooper, who also helms U.S. 6th Fleet, which is currently operating with the 5th Fleet. The task force will begin its first mission Sunday in the Red Sea aboard the USS Mount Whitney, the flagship of the Italy-headquartered U.S. ![]() ![]() Iran and Israel also have accused each other of attacking each other’s ships in the region’s waterways over the last year. Meanwhile, an Iran-backed militant group seized a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo vessel in January, The Associated Press reported. Yemen’s Houthi militia recently attempted to attack oil tankers in the region with explosive-laden boats, the Saudi Arabian-based Arab News reported.
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