The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that four commercial ships off its eastern coast
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The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that four commercial ships off its eastern coast « were subjected to sabotage operations, » hours after Iranian and Lebanese media outlets aired false reports of explosions at a nearby Emirati port. Emirati officials declined to say who might have been responsible, the AP reports. However, the US has warned ships that « Iran or its proxies » could be targeting maritime traffic in the region; America is deploying an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers to the Persian Gulf to counter alleged threats from Tehran.
