The Art of War
Italy in the USA/NATO grip
Manlio Dinucci
During the first half of March, two major war
exercises are underway - one in the Mediterranean off the coast of Sicily, the
other in Israel - both led and supported by USA/NATO commands and bases in
Italy.
At the Dynamic
Manta 2018 - a submarine war exercise, supported by the Sigonella and
Augusta bases and the port of Catania in Sicily - naval forces from the United
States, Canada, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Greece
and Turkey participate with 5,000 men, surface ships, sub-marines, airplanes
and helicopters.
The exercise is led by the NATO Command headquartered
in Lago Patria (JFC Naples), under the command of US Admiral James Foggo.
Appointed by the Pentagon as his predecessors, at the same time he commands the U.S. Naval
Forces Europe and U.S. Naval Forces Africa, whose headquarters are in Naples Capodichino.
The purpose of the Dynamic Manta 2018 is
explained by Admiral Foggo: the United States is fighting the "Fourth Battle
of the Atlantic", after those of the two World Wars and the Cold War. It
is fought against "increasingly sophisticated Russian submarines that
threaten the sea lines of communication between the United States and Europe". The Admiral accuses Russia of conducting
"an increasingly aggressive military activity", citing as an example
the Russian fighters flying over US ships. However, he does not say that these
warships operate in the Baltic and Black Sea near the Russian territory. At the
same time the US Global Hawk drones, taking off from Sigonella, fly two or
three times a week along the Russian coasts on the Black Sea.
Wearing the NATO captain's hat, Admiral Foggo
prepares Allied naval forces in Italy against Russia. Wearing the US captain's
hat, he sends the Sixth Fleet from Italy to Juniper Cobra 2018, a US-Israeli
joint operation mainly directed against Iran.
From the base of Gaeta, Mount Whitney, the
flagship of the Sixth Fleet, arrived in Haifa, accompanied by the amphibious assault
ship Iwo Jima. The Mount Whitney is a floating headquarters, connected to the
global command and control network of the Pentagon also through the MUOS
station of Niscemi.
The Juniper
Cobra 2018 - which involves 2,500 US soldiers and as many Israelis - began
on March 4, while Premier Netanyahu, meeting with President Trump, claimed that
Iran "has not renounced its nuclear ambitions" (not saying it is
Israel the only nuclear power in the Middle East) and concluded "Iran must
be stopped, this is our common job".
The exercise simulates the Israeli response to
the simultaneous launch of missiles from Lebanon, Iran, Syria and Gaza. The
real scenario may instead be that of a missile launch falsely attributed to the
Lebanese Hezbollah allied with Iran, as a pretext to attack Lebanon by
targeting Iran.
Just 72 hours later - US and Israeli officials
declare - US forces would arrive from Europe (in particular from bases in
Italy) to join the Israeli forces in the war.
The presence at Juniper Cobra of General
Scaparrotti, head of the European Command of the United States, confirms this
plan, which he defined at a meeting with the Israeli general staff on 11 March.
Since Scaparrotti is also the Supreme Allied
Commander in Europe (a position that always belongs to a US general), the plan
foresees a NATO participation, above all Italian, to support Israel in a
large-scale war in the Middle East.
Il manifesto, March 13, 2018
NO WAR NO NATO
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