And the Pentagon put the lie Franco Frattini. Two days ago, the Italian foreign minister had announced the grant to the United States use of bases in Naples and Vicenza for the installation of two new commands for operations in Africa (Africom), "without this will lead to the increase of U.S. troops on a permanent basis in Italy." U.S. forces do, however, know that the establishment of the two headquarters is already active in the award of 750 in Naples and Vicenza military, which soon will be joined by others.
Interviewed by the U.S. military newspaper "Stars and Stripes ," Colonel Marcus de Oliveira, a spokesman for the U.S. military command SETAF (Southern European Task Force) based in Vicenza, said that staff Venetian Room in the city "could increase of about 50 units, bringing the number of military personnel operating at 300 ".
A Naples, however, the Naval Forces Europe has been expanded to include the naval component of Africom who took the name "NAVEUR NAVAF. "With a staff of about 500 men - Stars and Stripes wrote - this command may grow within the next two years by about 140 units." The purpose of the new headquarters of the naval forces in Africa have been synthesized by Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, commander of NAVEUR NAVAF. "We will focus our interventions in Africa building regional cooperation for security in the continent, "said Fitzgerald. "The model we look to see what is currently the states of the Gulf of Guinea region to work together against drug trafficking, illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings. The fight against piracy will remain a focal point for the U.S. Navy and Africom. "
With the establishment of NAVEUR NAVAF in Naples, Africa Partnership Station (APS), the multinational force that the U.S. Navy has initiated with the countries of West and Central, passing under the control of command in Naples. Much of
operazioni di rifornimento munizioni, carburante e materiali logistici delle unità impegnate in esercitazioni in ambito APS continueranno però ad essere coordinate dal “Fleet and Industrial Supply Center” (FISC), il centro logistico delle forze navali degli Stati Uniti istituito a Sigonella il 3 marzo 2005.
Nella base siciliana è pure presente uno dei reparti di punta della nuova strategia di penetrazione militare nel continente africano, la “Joint Task Force JTF Aztec Silence”, una forza speciale dotata di aerei P-3c Orion per la conduzione di missioni d’intelligence, sorveglianza terrestre, aerea e navale in Africa settentrionale, occidentale e nel Corno d’Africa.
addition to the control of land and the naval Naples Vicenza, Africom has set up a headquarters at Ramstein Air Force (AFAFRICA) and a command of the Marine Corps in Boeblingen (MARFORAF). Also in Germany, in Stuttgart, home to the headquarters of Africom, however, intended to be transferred in the South. A Africom contend the U.S. naval base at Rota, Cadiz in Spain and once again the Naval Station of Naples-Capodichino. Article published in operazioni di rifornimento munizioni, carburante e materiali logistici delle unità impegnate in esercitazioni in ambito APS continueranno però ad essere coordinate dal “Fleet and Industrial Supply Center” (FISC), il centro logistico delle forze navali degli Stati Uniti istituito a Sigonella il 3 marzo 2005.
Nella base siciliana è pure presente uno dei reparti di punta della nuova strategia di penetrazione militare nel continente africano, la “Joint Task Force JTF Aztec Silence”, una forza speciale dotata di aerei P-3c Orion per la conduzione di missioni d’intelligence, sorveglianza terrestre, aerea e navale in Africa settentrionale, occidentale e nel Corno d’Africa.
Agoravox.it December 6, 2008
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