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Now in force: the UN Treaty banning atomic weapons

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 25 January 2021
The UN Treaty banning nuclear weapons entered into force despite opposition from all nuclear powers and their allies.

“The art of war”

Thirty years ago, the Gulf War

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 19 January 2021
For President George H. Bush, the aim of Operation Desert Storm was not so much to defeat Iraq as to establish a "New World Order", in agreement with the last President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. It was about acknowledging the agony of the USSR and creating a world governed by the USA while guaranteeing the Soviets respect for their interests.

“The art of war”

At the UN, NATO and EU Members Abstains on Nazism

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 26 November 2020
The political significance of this vote is clear: NATO members and partners boycotted the Resolution which, first of all, calls into question Ukraine without naming it, whose neo-Nazi movements have been and are used by NATO for strategic purposes.

“The art of war”

Nuclear Euromissiles are Back

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 20 November 2020
Over five years ago we titled "Are missiles returning to Comiso? (Sicily)." This hypothesis was ignored by the entire political spectrum and dismissed by some self-styled expert as "alarmist." The alarm, unfortunately, was well founded.
A few days ago, on November 6, Lockheed Martin (the same company that produces the F-35s) signed a first $ 340 million contract with the US Army for the production of medium-range missiles, including those armed with nuclear warheads, designed to be (...)

«The art of war»

New US Command for NATO Naval Battle in Europe

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 23 October 2020
A new NATO command was born in Norfolk (Virginia, USA): the Norfolk Joint Force Command, called "Atlantic Command," is a clone of the Naples Joint Force Command with headquarters in Lago Patria (Naples). Its constitution was approved by the North Atlantic Council at the Defense Ministers level (for Italy the first Conte Government’s Minister Elisabetta Trenta ), in June 2018.
Just as the NATO command in Naples is under the orders of the Admiral who commands the US naval forces in Europe (...)

«The Art of War»

Explosive Gas Pipeline in the Mediterranean

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 30 September 2020
In the Eastern Mediterranean, where large natural gas offshore fields have been discovered, a bitter dispute is underway for the definition of exclusive economic zones, up to 200 miles from the coast, where each of the coastal countries has the rights to the field exploitation. The countries directly involved are Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine (whose Gaza gas fields are in the hands of Israel), Egypt and Libya. The confrontation between Greece and Turkey, both (...)

Bipartisan torpedo against withdrawal from Afghanistan

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 13 July 2020
The war in Afghanistan was officially launched to avenge the attacks of September 11, 2001. However, it had been prepared beforehand. For two decades, we have been explaining in these columns that it is the first in a long series of wars aimed at destroying all state structures in the broader Middle East (Rumsfeld/Cebrowski strategy) in order to control the exploitation of natural resources. The war, which was supposed to last two weeks, has been going on for 19 years. It is planned to last as long as possible. Today, personalities linked to the Pentagon are sabotaging President Trump’s partial withdrawal.

NATO at the Helm of European Foreign Policy

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 27 June 2020
NATO Defense Ministers (Lorenzo Guerini, Pd representing Italy) gathered by videoconference on June17/18, and made a series of “decisions to strengthen the Alliance’s deterrence.” However, nobody in Italy talks about it, neither the media (including social media) nor the political world, where an absolute multipartisan silence reigns over all this. Yet these decisions, basically dictated by Washington and signed by Minister Guerini for Italy, not only trace the guidelines of our military (...)

Facebook surrounds Africa

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 17 June 2020
Many industries and service companies are failing or shrinking due to the lockdown and subsequent crisis. Instead, there are those who have gained from all this. Facebook, Google (YouTube owner), Microsoft, Apple and Amazon - writes The New York Times - "are aggressively placing new bets, as the coronavirus pandemic has made them nearessential services." All these "Tech Giants" are from the United States.
Facebook - no longer called social network but "ecosystem", which also includes (...)

“The Art of War”

5G, the new track of the arms race

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 3 June 2020
While Canada has just authorized the extradition of Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of one of Huawei’s leaders, to the United States, the U.S. Congressional Research Service exposes the military component of the G5.

USA: Race riots and separatist temptations

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 1 June 2020
The race riots that are spreading in the USA today do not threaten the integrity of the territory, but could pave the way for a cultural confrontation between the communities that share the country. Contrary to common belief, secessions of entire regions are more than ever on the agenda.

“The Art of War”

USA plan: militarized control of population

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 26 May 2020
The Rockefeller Foundation, which has historical ties to the US federal government, has presented a national plan to control the coronavirus epidemic. It aims to test 30 million people a day at state expense and to subject US citizens to strict military control.

“The Art of War”

Giulietto Chiesa On the Front Line Until the End

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 30 April 2020
The Italian journalist and politician, Giulietto Chiesa, is dead. He was a member of the World Political Forum and the Valdai International Discussion Club. Since 2002, he has actively participated with Voltaire Network and the Axis for Peace conference.

NATO in Arms to «fight coronavirus»

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 10 April 2020
The 30 NATO foreign ministers met on April 2 by videoconference, and instructed US general Tod Wolters, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to "coordinate the necessary military support to fight the coronavirus crisis".
He is the same general who declared in the United States Senate on February 25 "nuclear forces are supporting every US military operation in Europe" and " I am a fan of a flexible first-use policy" of nuclear weapons, that is nuclear attack by surprise .
General (...)

“The Art of War”

In a Europe closed down by the Coronavirus, the EU opens its doors to the US army

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 15 March 2020
30,000 US soldiers are currently disembarking in the European Union without respecting the sanitary measures ordered by Brussels and the member States. Either the command of the US Army Europe is incompetent and is putting its soldiers needlessly in harm’s way, or else they have already been vaccinated.

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