By David M. Brown
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, February 14, 2006

An international effort that includes the U.S. Navy has prevented potential terrorist attacks in Asian seas and waterways aimed at disrupting global commerce, a high-ranking Naval officer said Monday in Pittsburgh.

"There has been planning that has been thwarted, so we have to be on the guard," said Vice Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, a Butler County native and commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet since August 2004.

Although the fleet operates on the other side of the world, the trade it helps protect has a large impact on the U.S. economy, he said.

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