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.
