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Pakistan navy Rear Adm. Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, outgoing Combined Task Force 150 commander, left, passes a ceremonial scroll to incoming commander Royal Australian navy Commodore Gregory Sammut during a change of command ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, Oct. 14, 2010. Abbasi assumed command of CTF-150 on April 15, 2010. The task force is responsible for conducting maritime security operations in the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer David Sidney

Pakistan navy Rear Adm. Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, outgoing Combined Task Force 150 commander, left, passes a ceremonial scroll to incoming commander Royal Australian navy Commodore Gregory Sammut during a change of command ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, Oct. 14, 2010. Abbasi assumed command of CTF-150 on April 15, 2010. The task force is responsible for conducting maritime security operations in the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer David Sidney

Pakistan navy Rear Adm. Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, outgoing Combined Task Force 150 commander, left, passes a ceremonial scroll to incoming commander Royal Australian navy Commodore Gregory Sammut during a change of command ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, Oct. 14, 2010. Abbasi assumed command of CTF-150 on April 15, 2010. The task force is responsible for conducting maritime security operations in the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer David Sidney

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