Web head: U.S. Army unleashes ‘Defender-Europe 21’
By Manlio Dinucci,
Published in Il Manifesto March 30. Translation: John Catalinotto.
Not everything in Europe is paralyzed by the anti-COVID lockdown: In fact, the mammoth annual exercise of the U.S. Army, Defender-Europe, which until June mobilized on European territory, and beyond this, tens of thousands of soldiers with thousands of tanks and other transport have been set in motion. The Defender-Europe 21 not only resumes the 2020 program, cut down in size due to COVID, but amplifies it.
Why is this “Europe Defender” coming, and all the way from the other side of the Atlantic? The 30 NATO Foreign Ministers (Luigi Di Maio for Italy), who physically gathered in Brussels March 23-24 explained: “With its aggressive behavior, Russia undermines and destabilizes its neighbors and tries to interfere in the Balkan region.” The ministers constructed a scenario using the technique of standing reality on its head: for exampl
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. AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy The Italian region that hosts Aviano Air Base, home to the Air Force’s 31st Fighter Wing, surpassed 100,000 coronavirus infections since the pandemic began after hundreds of new cases were reported this week. Italy reported 13,708 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, bringing its pandemic total above 3.7 million. Of those cases, 286 were reported in Fruili-Venezia Giulia, where Aviano is located. Like many countries in Europe, Italy has experienced a wave of infections since March, when it averaged about 25,000 new cases per day at peak levels. There are 12,962 active cases in Fruili-Venezia Giulia, Italian Health Ministry figures showed Wednesday. The virus has contributed to the deaths of more than 112,000 people in Italy since the pandemic began. They include Aviano airman Tech. Sgt. Michael W. Morris, 36, who died from COVID-19 complications Jan. 12, Italian authorities determined following an autopsy investigation.
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