I think they're all related, in the sense that they're all forming part of the international effort in the campaign against terrorism. Certainly taking an international maritime effort in that region in the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, all the way through to the Horn of Africa, is to make sure that those who are operating in those waters are, first of all, kept under surveillance; that piracy is kept in check; and that the region isn't open to the free exchange of people between the Horn of Africa, which in some areas is relatively lawless, and back up to the littoral of Iran and Pakistan. It's all useful work that's related to what's going on in Afghanistan.
On November 22nd, 2006. See this statement in context.