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Canada’s Weekly Covid Vaccine Death and Injury Update- 4 Safety Signals of Concern- More Dead

Mon, 06/28/2021 - 17:37

VAERS (US) 6,136 deaths

Weekly Report up to June 18/21 which is, of course, not accurate
Because the data is as always incomplete as you will see below↓↓

           
 

 The data is "up to date" to May 28/21


*One potential new safety signal has been identified
(one continues to be monitored)

*31,400,466 Total doses administered

*7,926 Total adverse event following immunization reports
 (0.025% of all doses administered)

* 6,207 Total adverse event following immunization reports that were non-serious
 (0.020% of all doses administered)

*1,719 Total adverse event following immunization reports that were serious
 (0.005% of all doses administered)

* 312  New adverse event following immunization reports since last update
 (181 new non-serious and 131 new serious)

One new safety signal in the "what you need to know" chart  BUT, look a little further.


There are 4 safety signals of concern being monitored- 4

*1- Cases of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome following vaccination with AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccine continue to be monitored.   
    
Up to and including June 18, 2021, there were 58 cases of TTS in Canada with reports submitted to PHAC or to Health Canada. Of the TTS cases:

    54 cases received COVISHIELD/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, three received a Pfizer vaccine, and one received a Moderna vaccine.
That count is up!
*2- Inflammed Hearts: The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Health Canada are also monitoring international reports (World Health Organization, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, European Medicines Agency, Israel) of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the lining around the heart) following vaccination with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Cases experienced mild illness, responded well to conservative treatment and rest, and their symptoms improved quickly. Evidence is evolving and investigations into the association between myocarditis/pericarditis and mRNA vaccines continue. Health Canada is working closely with the manufacturers and international regulators to review information as it becomes available and will work with manufacturers to include information in the product labelling as needed.

Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle and pericarditis is inflammation of the lining around the heart.
Up to and including June 18, 2021( Inaccurate.incomplete data makes this number meaningless but it’s all we have)  there were 65 cases of myocarditis/pericarditis with reports submitted to PHAC or Health Canada. ( Expect the number to increase)

*3 Capillary Leak Syndrome - PHAC and Health Canada are aware of international reports and regulatory actions related to capillary leak syndrome and the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Health Canada is working with the manufacturers and international regulators to review information as it becomes available and work with manufacturers to include information in the product labelling as needed.*4  Guillain- Barre Syndrome is occuring in higher numbers then would normally be expected- PHAC and Health Canada have been actively monitoring reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) in Canada following AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination and are now seeing a higher number of cases than would normally be expected in the general population. Health Canada is continuing its review and is working closely with the manufacturers and international regulators to review information as it becomes available and will take appropriate
  Up to and including June 18, 2021, there are a total of 28 reports of GBS in Canada. Of the GBS cases:

    16 cases received COVISHIELD/AstraZeneca vaccines (0.62 reports per 100,000 doses administered), 10 cases received Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (0.04 reports per 100,000 doses administered), and 2 cases received Moderna vaccine (0.03 reports per 100,000 doses administered).

For those who may not know Guillain Barre is very often associated with vaccines

"(GBS) is a rare, autoimmune disorder in which a person’s own immune system damages the nerves, causing muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis. GBS can cause symptoms that last for a few weeks to several years. Most people recover fully, but some have permanent nerve damage. Some people have died of GBS"

 And it's occurring much more often  then you think..

Rare Neurological Disorder – Guillain-Barré Syndrome – Following COVID-19 Vaccination

The frequency of Guillain-Barré syndrome in these areas was estimated to be up to 10 times greater than expected.

“If the link is causal it could be due to a cross-reactive immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and components of the peripheral immune system,” wrote the authors of the report from England.

Doncha love how everything is rare as it becomes more common?

That is 4 items of concern that are being monitored- One must always read beyond the opening presentation to get down to the real nitty gritty

Deaths are up:

Deaths:

    Up to and including June 18, 2021, a total of 119 deaths were reported after the administration of a vaccine.
Since this is a weekly update I’ve treated this as a weekly count. Feel free to agree or disagree.
Taking this as a weekly would bring Canada’s Covid Vaccine death count up to 938.   

819 previously  + 119 (latest)  = 938. 

You may feel that too high?  I find the 119 number too low knowing that early deaths were not counted AND these numbers are under reported. Always. One had to also bear in mind that the US numbers are well over 6,000 dead and they are under counted as well.
Long term one can only wonder what the real side effects will be. 

 Breakthrough cases keep occurring including the recent death of a woman in the Kitchener/ Waterloo region. Ontario, Canada.

All Previous Weekly Updates:

  1. Canada’s Covid Vaccine Weekly Death and Injury Report- Data Lags, Vaccine Injury and Death Increase & Capillary Leak Syndrome
  2. Canada’s Covid Vaccine Injury and Death Report- Data Lag Continues- Deaths Up
  3. Canada’s Covid Vaccine Injury And Death Report- More Death/Less Data
  4. Canada’s Covid Vaccine Weekly Death and Injury Report- 76 Dead w Vaccine, Worsened Data Lag Continues
  5. Canada’s Covid Vaccine Weekly Harm & Injury Update- Deaths Climb/Data Lag Worsens. 
  6. Pt 1:Canada’s Covid Vaccine Weekly Death and Injury Report- As Deaths and Injuries Increase
  7. Pt 2: Canada’s Covid Vaccine Weekly Death & Injury Report: Saskatchewan Confirms 1st VITT, BC & Alberta Men Vaxx Injured. Vaxx Injured Royal
  8. Canada’s Covid Vaccine Weekly Harm & Injury Report: 50 Deaths This WEEK - Health Canada Okay's Child Experimentation 
  9. Canada’s Covid Vaccine Weekly Harm and Injury Report- More VITT’s and Deaths. Plus additional news..
  10. Canada’s Covid Vaccine Weekly Harm and Injury Report- 38 Dead/3 (actually 5) cases of VITT
  11. Canada’s Covid Vaccine Weekly Harm and Injury Report: 31 Reported Deaths & 2 Brain Clot Cases
  12. Canada's Covid Weekly Harm and Injury Report- 27 Deaths: Health Canada's Bought and Paid For Influence Peddling 
  13. Canada’s Covid Weekly Harm and Injury Report- 26 Dead with Vaccine
  14. Canada’s Weekly Harm And Injury Covid Vaccine Report- 24 Dead With Vaccine
  15. Canada’s Weekly Covid Vaccine Harm and Injury Report- 22 Dead with Vaccine
  16. Canada's Weekly Covid Harm & Injury Report- 15 Dead with Vaccine
  17.  March 12/21- Canada's Weekly Covid Harm & Injury Report- 15 Dead with Vaccine
  18. March 7/21- Canada's Covid-19 Weekly Vaccine Harm/Injury Report- 9 Dead With Vaccine
  19.  Feb 27/21 -10 Dead With Vaccine in Canada- Adverse Reactions Continue Their Higher then Norm Pattern
  20. Feb 20/21: 8 Deaths With Vaccine in Canada- Contradiction from Prior Death Reports
  21. Canada's Covid Vaccine Adverse Reaction Site Updated- 6 Dead With Vaccine
  22. Feb 8/21 : 3 Deaths With Covid Vaccine in Canada- Rates of Anaphylaxis more then 70X the usual
  23. No Updates To Canada's Covid-19 Vaccine Safety Site For 3 Weeks- What Is Being Hidden
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US air strikes in Iraq, Syria target 'Iran-backed militia groups'

Mon, 06/28/2021 - 07:32

Follows right along with this report from yesterday:

The Turkey Democracy Project includes several prominent members of United Against Nuclear Iran, a group whose members have called for the U.S.-led overthrow of the Iranian government, as well as the hawkish former White House national security adviser John Bolton.

France24

The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to drone attacks by the militia against US personnel and facilities in Iraq. In a statement, the US military said it targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq. It did not disclose whether it believed anyone was killed or injured but officials said assessments were ongoing.

Iraqi militia groups aligned with Iran in a statement named four members of the Kataib Sayyed al-Shuhada faction they said were killed in the attack on the Syria-Iraq border. They vowed to retaliate.

The strikes came at the direction of President Joe Biden, the second time he has ordered retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militia since taking office five months ago. Biden last ordered limited strikes in Syria in February, that time in response to rocket attacks in Iraq.

"As demonstrated by this evening's strikes, President Biden has been clear that he will act to protect US personnel," the Pentagon said in a statement.

US Occupation Forces

At President Biden's direction, US military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region. Our full statement here. https://t.co/6tRkh6zsLU

— John Kirby (@PentagonPresSec) June 28, 2021

Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi on Monday condemned the air strikes.

 "We condemn the US air attack that targeted a site last night on the Iraqi-Syrian border, which represents a blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty and Iraqi national security," his office said in a statement.

Compartmentalized strikes vs engaged diplomacy

The strikes came even as Biden's administration is looking to potentially revive a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. The decision to retaliate appears to show how Biden aims to compartmentalize such defensive strikes, while simultaneously engaging Tehran in diplomacy.

Biden's critics say Iran cannot be trusted and point to the drone attacks as further evidence that Iran and its proxies will never accept a US military presence in Iraq or Syria.

Biden and the White House declined comment on the strikes on Sunday. But Biden will meet Israel's outgoing president, Reuven Rivlin, at the White House on Monday for a broad discussion that will include Iran and US efforts to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal. Those efforts have raised serious concerns in Israel, Iran's arch-foe.

US officials believe Iran is behind a ramp-up in increasingly sophisticated drone attacks and periodic rocket fire against US personnel and facilities in Iraq, where the US military has been helping Baghdad combat the remnants of Islamic State.

Two US officials, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said Iran-backed militias carried out at least five drone attacks against facilities used by US and coalition personnel in Iraq since April.

The Pentagon said the facilities targeted were used by Iran-backed militia including Kataib Hezbollah and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada.

One of the facilities targeted was used to launch and recover the drones, a defense official said. The US military carried out strikes with F-15 and F-16 aircraft, officials said, adding the pilots made it back from the mission safely.

"We assess each strike hit the intended targets," one of the officials told Reuters.

Iraq's government is struggling to deal with militias ideologically aligned with Iran which are accused of rocket fire against US forces and of involvement in killing peaceful pro-democracy activists.

Earlier in June, Iraq released Iran-aligned militia commander Qasim Muslih, who was arrested in May on terrorism-related charges, after authorities ound insufficient evidence against him.


Further reading at alaraby 

"At least 5 Iran-backed Iraqi militia fighters were killed and several others were wounded in an attack by US warplanes" on the Syrian side of the frontier, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Syria's state-run SANA news agency said one child had been killed, and that at least three other people were wounded. Joe Biden- The hero to the self identified warm and cuddly left, progressives... 2nd round of airstrikes launched since taking office- A man of peace?

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Breakthrough Case Disinfo: 4115 Fully Vaccinated Against Covid Were Hospitalized Or Died. How Many Infected After Jab?

Sun, 06/27/2021 - 16:14

 I would have expected better numbers then quoted from this claimed miraculous, pandemic ending vaccine.
  But, of course these numbers don't tell us the whole story, the real story about how ineffective these "vaccines" really are. If we all  knew the real number of breakthrough cases we would be aware of what an  absolutely ineffective vaccine this is for ending the so called pandemic, supposed benefit. While realizing the risk ( injury, sickness and death) is much greater then the benefit.

The question that needs to be answered..

 How many in total contracted Covid after vaccination? 

 What are those numbers?  What's the count?  Including those that didn't require hospitalization. Those that didn't die. Those that contracted the virus this alleged vaccine is supposed to protect from. That number that would better inform us about the effectiveness of this jab. And that's the reason the CDC isn't counting and you're prevented from knowing. Impeding you from being able to exercise real informed consent about this jab.

 Readers here learned last month the CDC wasn’t going to bother keeping track of all the breakthrough cases.That was stated very plainly by that agency. Why would the CDC ignore all the data? It seems sensible to me that the benefits don’t really outweigh the risk so it's best to keep the data hidden.

May 26/21: Pt2: Effective? Covid Jabs, Deadly Leaky Kill Shots Claimed as Safe & Effective

“The CDC noted that the actual number of vaccine breakthrough cases is likely to be substantially higher because most will result in asymptomatic or mild infections that won't be tested”That’s right! The number of breakthrough cases will be substantially higher.They aren't going to be tracked and you're not going to know.

The C.D.C. is a surveillance agency,” Dr. Mokdad said. “How can you do surveillance and pick one number and not look at the whole?”Answer: You can’t. Unless the intention is to cherry pick data!
   
As was stated in May by yours truly:
It will never be known how many breakthrough cases will actually occur. Admitted! So all the numbers they toss around are going to be meaningless

Forbes was one of the first out of the gate Lying by omission in a published oped, before we read that let's get on the same page by understanding the concept of: Lying by omission

Lying by omission, otherwise known as exclusionary detailing, is lying by either omitting certain facts or by failing to correct a misconceptionData can always be manipulated. Truths can always be obfuscated. Lying by omission is a very good way to manage perception. And the Forbes oped is a fine example of this type of manipulation Author of said spin piece wants you to know how awesome these vaccine are based on the CDC’s  cherry picked data.

" But consider the fact that over 150 million people in U.S. have already been fully vaccinated in U.S. Doing a quick calculation with your abacus and your fingers and toes will reveal that the 4,115 cases constitute less than 0.003% of all fully vaccinated people in the U.S. Compare that with the measured effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine, which has ranged from about 70 percent to 95 plus percent. That means that at least 5% of the time a vaccine won’t be able to prevent Covid-19 after exposure to the virus"

Except his quick calculation with abacus and fingers (charming as it is) is not the whole truth. It's not the reality. And his range of effectiveness numbers are also nonsense. 

How may of the 150 million fully vaccinated have contracted Covid after vaccination?

Even Mr Lee has to admit this is not known, but that doesn't stop him from shamelessly promoting the vaccines.

"Back in April, the CDC stopped keeping track of all reported breakthrough infections, choosing instead to focus going forward just on those in which hospitalizations or deaths were involved.

Therefore, the 4,115 is only the tip of the Kardashian so to speak, meaning that it’s only what’s been obvious and getting attention. The actual total number of breakthrough infections is higher although it isn’t really clear how much higher.


And it will never be clear because the CDC is not going to count them and persons like Mr Lee will dance around that reality by using colourful prose to mystify.  (Which you can read for yourself at the link provided) I could only hold my nose for so long while writing up this piece for the blog, since I had the misfortune of reading through the article once already. 

Clever? Yes. Misleading? Yes. There is some truth in the piece to be sure. But it's largely obscured

From earlier today:

The Destabilization of Turkey Progresses: Neo Cons Sharpen Their Aim
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The Destabilization of Turkey Progresses: Neo Cons Sharpen Their Aim

Sun, 06/27/2021 - 09:09

A bit of an aside “progress” almost always has a positive connotation. Oh we’re making progress. Including the use of the nonsensical “progressives” to describe persons of a certain political leaning.   Often though, it shouldn’t be taken as a positive. Examples:
* “We’re making progress in the pandemic with vaccination” Are we? 
* The destabilization of Turkey is progressing; Which makes plain, or should make plain that, displacement, death and destruction will be the outcome.  *The  outcomes for many people worsened as the destabilization of Syria progressed. 

 Progress and progression should not be cast in a positive light nor seen as a positive at all times.  Much of the time the use of the word hides a great deal of dark.

The Neo Cons Take Aim At Turkey- Responsible Statecraft (hat tip brian)

I’ll feature the RS article below two previous reports. One from 2015. Another from 2016. You see the Neo Cons have been taking aim at Turkey for years now- And I’ve covered it all here for many years. This is not a first. It’s not new. It’s a progression of the remake agenda that’s been talked about endlessly. 

Michael Rubin

The Turkish government, its military, and Turkish diplomats may deny any implication that partition could be Turkey’s fate, and US officials will do so publicly, but behind the hot denials, it seems increasingly likely that some sort of division will be the second order effect of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s cynical drive toward autocracy.

So if the Turkish military moves to oust Erdogan and place his inner circle behind bars, could they get away with it?

In the realm of analysis rather than advocacy, the answer is yes. At this point in election season, it is doubtful that the Obama administration would do more than castigate any coup leaders, especially if they immediately laid out a clear path to the restoration of democracy. 
The Neo Cons were quieter under Trump, but quieter doesn't mean inactive.

Hawks pushing for war and regime change in Iran have formed a new group to challenge Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.- Responsible Statecraft link above

Prominent neoconservatives and other hawks have set their sights on Turkey, announcing a new Washington-based group “in response to Turkey’s recent turn away from democracy and toward authoritarianism” on Thursday.

The Turkey Democracy Project states that its mission is to “inform a policy towards Turkey that opposes its destabilizing behavior, supports genuine democratic reform, and holds the forces of corruption and oppression within Turkey to account.”

But they never oppose US or Israeli destabilizing behaviour.. This is transfer propaganda being deployed

“For the better part of the last century, Turkey was a reliable ally  (until they cooperated far too much with Russia, Iran, and China) and a model in the region of liberal ideals and cultural freedom,” the group says on its website. “But in recent years, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dramatically altered Turkey’s position in the international community and its status as a free and liberal democracy.” (didn't follow NATO's edicts to a tee)

Turkey has been a U.S. ally since the end of World War II, but its democratic record is spotty. The Turkish military has overthrown several democratically-elected governments, and parts of the country have been under on-and-off martial law since the Kurdish uprising of the 1980s.- (fast and loose with facts)

The Turkey Democracy Project includes several prominent members of United Against Nuclear Iran, a group whose members have called for the U.S.-led overthrow of the Iranian government, as well as the hawkish former White House national security adviser John Bolton.

The new anti-Turkey group is headed by UANI chief executive Mark Wallace. Its members include UANI chairman Joe Lieberman, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, retired Bush administration counterterrorism official Frances Townsend, career U.S. diplomat Alejandro Wolff, retired CIA officer Robert Richer and former UANI intelligence chief Norman Roule.

UANI megadonor Thomas Kaplan helped co-found Justice for Kurds, another group dedicated to pushing back on Turkey’s influence. Kaplan is not listed as a member of the Turkey Democracy Project. (he's afilliated)

The creation of the Turkey Democracy Project is the latest sign that Ankara has shifted from a favored ally of U.S. hawks to one of their major bugbears. ( the latest sign of many signs that have flashed brightly for years now) It would not be the first time American hawks turned on a former U.S. sidekick; in the 1980s and 1990s, Republican administrations went from backing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran to pushing for a U.S.-led regime change campaign against him.

Turkey had long served as the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a key outpost for U.S. operations in the Middle East. The Turkish military purchased $16.6 billion in American weapons from the end of the Cold War to 2021, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute arms trade database.

But the Erdoğan government has run afoul of Washington in recent years. It has picked fights with European allies over energy resources, bought Russian missiles, taken a hardline stance against Israel, and allowed U.S. rivals to evade economic sanctions.

Oh, dear taken a hardline stance against Israel- For all the bullsh*tter$ around that claim Turkey and Israel are buddied up- You have no clue what you are speaking of. Unless intentional disinfo is your motivation?

Here's a J-Post article that makes clear the targeting of Iran and Turkey: 

Turkey and Iran: Parallel Islam imperialist ambitions for the Middle East

"Neither Ankara nor Tehran want a strong Iraq, or a strong Syria. On the contrary, the fragmentation of these countries suits both."That's not true because Syria and Iraq, destabilized will create further instability in the region- And in fact already has- This is what the US and Israel want to redraw the borders

The most dramatic confrontation took place in October 2019. While the Trump administration had hoped to enlist Turkey as a partner in the Syrian civil war, Turkey instead attacked U.S.-backed Kurdish forces, creating a humanitarian crisis and embarrassing the United States.

Bolton, who left the White House shortly before the crisis unfolded, had taken an antagonistic stance towards both Turkey and the Kurds. In his memoirs, he compared Erdoğan to Italian fascist leader Benito “Mussolini speaking from his Rome balcony,but also called left-wing Kurdish fighters a “terrorist group.” (At least Bolton know who and what the US's Kurdish pals really are- he's got no clue on Mussolini though)

With his new Turkey-focused group, Bolton is softening his tone on the Turkish state’s opponents.

“In addition to persecuting those Kurds who live within Turkey’s borders, Erdogan has attacked Kurdish targets in Syria and Iraq,” the Turkey Democracy Project states. “Turkey is also targeting the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) — the United States’ most reliable partner in Syria and the coalition most responsible for the demise of ISIS.”

 The Kurds are ISIS. And they've always been. 

A handful of many previous reports on this topic:

Previously stated: Internet gatekeepers/dupes keep on pushing the 'fierce' Kurd meme!! It helps NATO/Israel so very much. It serves NATO/Israeli interests quite well.  Keep shoring up the artificially contrived good cop/bad cop routine. There is no difference between the Kurds/ISIS. They are one & the same in this situation. Each "cop" has their job to do. They are performing their assigned duties. Remaking the ME. Nation destroying. Killing civilians. Forcing the relocation of people who have homes, jobs, families etc. from their  own nation state. Driving these intentionally displaced persons onto cohesive societies in Europe in order to break down and destroy those long standing European societies. Enriching human, organ and drug traffickers. As for Kurdistan? It won't even benefit the Kurds. It will represent the expansion of Israel.

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UAE expels Italian troops from its territory

Sat, 06/26/2021 - 08:35

Italy = NATO occupied.  Could there be more to this then meets the eye? I’ll highlight why Italy was in the UAE.  And ask the question .. Are changes afoot? Or will this move actually enable the occupation of Afghanistan to continue?

Bearing in mind Italy is under a different government. Again. At this time it is lead by a known autocrat/technocrat EU/NATO Firster  Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

To be clear I do NOT believe that the US is 'withdrawing' from Afghanistan. They did not leave Iraq, Syria, Italy, Germany, Japan etc., and they aren't leaving Afghanistan.

"Matteo Perego Di Cremnago, an Italian member of parliament and member of the parliamentary defense commission, told Defense News that Italy had been given until July 2 to leave the Al Minhad airbase in the UAE.

“The pull-out has already started and while work is underway by Italy to secure a last-minute cancellation of the eviction, I doubt it will succeed,” he said.

He added that when relationships break down in the Persian Gulf it is very hard to resurrect them.

Former Italian air force chief Gen. Leonardo Tricarico told Defense News that the last Italian aircraft had left the base on Thursday, leaving only residual material to collect.

Tricarico, who is now chairman of the ICSA think tank in Rome, said the eviction was just part of the harsh treatment of Italy doled out by the UAE.

“The UAE has also denied the use of its airspace to Italian military aircraft,” he said.

The Italian ministry of defense did not respond to a request for comment by press time.

Al Minhad base in Dubai in the UAE, which hosts aircraft from various nations, has been crucial to Italy since it took space in 2015 there for mounting flights over Iraq and as a stop-off en route to Italian bases in Afghanistan. If confirmed, the eviction may now seriously complicate Italy’s ongoing pull-out from Afghanistan.

Might mean Italian troops would have to stay stationed in Afghanistan?


Italy has also used Al Minhad as a base for flights in support of multinational operations in the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean.

The UAE eviction has been linked to Italy’s decision in January to place an embargo on the sale of munitions and missiles to the UAE and Saudi Arabia due to concerns over the Persian Gulf states’ military campaign in Yemen.

The Italian embargo was implemented by a coalition government led by former prime minister Giuseppe Conte which was backed by the center-left Democratic Party and the anti-establishment Five Star Party"

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