« THE ART OF WAR »
The Circuit of
Death in the « Greater Mediterranean »
Manlio
Dinucci
The
politico-media projectors, focussed as they are on the migratory flow from
South to North across the Mediterranean, are leaving other Mediterranean flows
in the dark – those moving from North to South, comprised of military forces
and weapons. Perhaps we should say the « Greater Mediterranean », an area which, in the
framework of USA / NATO strategy, stretches from the Atlantic to the Black Sea,
and to the South, from the Persian Gulf as far as the Indian Ocean.
During
his meeting with NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg, in Rome, Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte pointed out the « centrality of the greater Mediterranean
for European security », now threatened by the « arc of instability
stretching from the Mediterranean to the Middle East ». Which is why it is
important for NATO, an alliance under US command, which Conte describes as the
« pillar of interior and international security ». This is a complete
inversion of reality.
It
is the foundation of USA / NATO strategy which in fact provoked the « arc
of instability » with:
Ø its two
wars against Iraq,
Ø the two
other wars which demolished the states of Yugoslavia and Libya,
Ø the war
aimed at demolishing the state of Syria.
According
to Conte, Italy, which participated in all these wars, plays « a key role
for the security and the stability of the Southern flank of the
Alliance ».
In
what way? We can discover the truth by what the medias are hiding. The US navy
ship Trenton, which welcomed
aboard 42 refugees (authorised to land in Sicily, unlike those of the Aquarius),
is not based in Sicily in order to carry out humanitarian actions in the
Mediterranean – it is in fact a rapid force unit (up to 80 km/h), capable of
landing on the coasts of North Africa, within a few hours, an expeditionary
force comprising 400 soldiers and their vehicles. US Special Forces are
operating in Libya to train and lead allied army formations, while US armed
drones, taking off from Sigonella (Sicily), hit their targets in Libya. In a
short time, announced Stoltenberg, NATO drones will also be operating from
Sigonella. They will integrate the « Hub » or « NATO Strategic
Direction South » (NSDS), the intelligence centre for military operations
in the Middle East, North Africa, the Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The
Hub, which will become operational in July, has its headquarters in Lago
Patria, alongside the Joint Force Command of NATO (JFC Naples), under the orders
of a US admiral - presently James Foggo – who will also command US naval forces
in Europe (with their headquarters at Naples-Capodichino, and the Sixth Fleet
based in Gaeta) and also the US naval forces for Africa. These forces have been
integrated by the aircraft-carrier Harry Truman, which entered the
Mediterranean two months ago with its attack group.
On
10 June, while media attention was focussed on the Aquarius, the US
fleet, carrying 8,000 soldiers, and armed with 90 fighters and more than 1,000
missiles, was deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean, ready to strike in Syria
and Iraq. At the same time, on 12-13 June, the Liberty Pride docked at Livorno
– it is a militarised US ship, and carried on its 12 bridges further cargos of
weapons which, from the US base of Camp Darby (Pisa), are sent every month to
Jordan and Saudi Arabia to cultivate the
wars in Syria and Yemen.
This
is how we feed these wars, which, using neo-colonial methods of exploitation,
provoke the pauperisation and uprooting of populations. Consequently, the
migratory flow continues to increase dramatically, creating victims and new
forms of slavery. « It seems that being tough on immigration now
pays », commented President Trump, referring to the measures decided not
only by Matteo Salvini, but by the
totality of the Italian government, whose Prime Minister is qualified as
« fantastic ».
This
is fair recognition on the part of the United States, which, in the
government's programme, is defined as a « privileged ally » of Italy.
Translation: Pete Kimberley
il manifesto, June 19, 2018
NO WAR NO NATO
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