Dolphins help fish out terrorists in the Gulf

The US navy has deployed highly trained dolphins in the Gulf to help protect coalition ships and piers against terrorist attacks by providing early warning of hostile swimmers.

"If there are any uninvited guests swimmers and divers trying to cause harm to US and coalition naval assets, the dolphins can detect and locate them," said Lieutenant Josh Frey, a spokesman of the 5th Fleet, which is based in Bahrain.

Citing security reasons, Lieutenant Commander Martin Anderson declined to divulge how many dolphins have been brought in, when they were deployed and why they were brought to the region now.