U.S. Prepares Gulf Exercise

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- The United States has been preparing another major naval
exercise in the Gulf.
The U.S. Navy said it would recruit more than 30 nations in Bahrain for
a counter-measures exercise in May 2013. The navy said the International
Mine Countermeasures Exercise, based in Bahrain, would take place on May
6-30.