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US escorted around 1,500 vessels through Strait of Hormuz — CENTCOM
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NEW YORK, August 28. /TASS/. Over the past few months, the US military helped approximately 1,500 ships to pass the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Admiral Bradley Cooper.
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NEW YORK, August 28. /TASS/. Over the past few months, the US military helped approximately 1,500 ships to pass the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Admiral Bradley Cooper. "Over the past several months, US forces have assisted nearly 1,500 commercial vessels …
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