Tanker terror: Gulf's oil routes under threat
As extremists widen war against US, analysts fear maritime interests could be targeted
By Ed Blanche
Special to The Daily Star
Thursday, April 22, 2004
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Admiral Thomas Fargo, the top US military commander in the Asia-Pacific region, said last month that the Americans were considering deploying Marines and Special Forces troops on high-speed vessels to protect the strategic Straits of Malacca, which links the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
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