Expanded US-led naval task force to protect Red Sea shipping as attacks mount
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 18, 2023
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The Pentagon has convinced more than a half dozen allies to join a strengthened naval task force in the Red Sea amid mounting attacks by Iran-backed rebels on commercial shipping that have driven oil prices higher.
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin said the deployments, to be called Operation Prosperity Guardian, would include the UK, France, the Netherlands and other countries to ensure vessels could safely . . .
