veteranstoday--2020-04-18--CoronaVirus: Italy Emergency in the Claws of McKinsey’s Lobby with Bilderberg, BCG, Gates & CIA

The Covid-19 epidemic has revealed the nerve discovered in Italy of healthcare cut by financial cuts , the shortage of hospital beds already chronic in ordinary conditions but which has become catastrophic with the emergency , so much so as to oblige doctors to only allow hospitalization of the most seriously ill by delaying treatment for others in a dangerous spiral of late assistance which has proved fatal for some .
But instead of acting on the most thorny problem by strengthening funds and strategies of the Ministry of Health , the Government invents a Task Force to subcontract the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , free from any possible control of Parliament .
As a good Quirinal ( Head of State palace ) butler , Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte II is carrying out his duties so precisely that he even forgets to save appearances , as if Italian politics had now hibernated in the impotence to oppose the wishes of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella who since 2015 has been orchestrating Governments better than Mangiafuoco did with his puppets in the tale of Pinocchio .
The Italian Prime Minister , aware that his head will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all those who claim justice for the macroscopic errors committed in the management of the SARS-2 pandemic which cost more than 20 thousand dead , is trying first of all to deserve a lavish public prebend for the future while pursuing the attempt to identify strategies to get Italy out of the emergency by bringing it to the “ phase 2 ” of the post lockdown .
A first analysis of the protagonists recruited by the Government not only highlights how much international globalists have been caught by the cylinder , but also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with names today very embarrassing such as those of the Bill Gates foundation and the Central Intelligence Agency , among the main suspects in the CoronaVirus theory created in the laboratory as a bacteriological weapon , escaped – or launched on purpose – to push humanity to a massive vaccination campaign in the field of health and under the control of a New World Order in that of social security .
Many have already highlighted that super-commissioner Vittorio Colao has been catapulted to lead the Covid-19 Task Force directly from the infamous Bilderberg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and politicians decide the fate of a land and the fate of nations .
But , as we will see , he is not the only one on the committee to boast such prestigious experience… Few , however , have given weight to the fact that he is an ex-soldier of Calabrian blood just like Domenico Arcuri , the extraordinary commissioner already appointed by Prime Minister Conte for the management of health supplies in the CoronaVirus emergency .
Arcuri was born in 1963 in Melito di Porto Salvo ( Reggio Calabria ) and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Economics and Commerce at the Luiss University named after the famous Mason who was president of it Guido Carli ; Colao saw the light in 1961 in Brescia where his parents moved from Fossato Serralta ( Catanzaro ) , and attended the Military Academy of the Carabinieri becoming an officer ( today a reservist ) like his father .
It is certainly a good thing that two brilliant managers of international scope testify that Calabria does not only produce mafia-like associations such as the ‘ Ndrangheta , thanks to which the southern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as reported by the latest reports of the Anti-Mafia Investigation Department , but this curious coincidence appears politically inappropriate a few months after an investigation into criminal affairs in public procurement conducted by Catanzaro ’ s prosecutor , Nicola Gratteri , led to the arrest of 334 people , including some politicians from the Democratic Party who support the Conte government and in which the current Head of State Sergio Mattarella made his career , he too arrived in Rome from Sicily infested by Cosa Nostra where in 1992 he was acquitted of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parties for 5 million petrol vouchers received by a mobster .
The now chronic and serious “ mafia epidemic ” in Italy has been reported in recent days by the German newspaper Die Wielt in relation to the risk that financial aid from the European Union and the ECB may end up in the coffers of companies controlled by organized crime , as the leader of the 5 Star Movement Beppe Grillo also claimed in 2014 .
However , the profile of the commissioners and the Task Force in the context of high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a social moment in which Italy ’ s political orientation remains strongly sovereign due to the growing consensus of the moderate right-wing of Lega , Brothers of Italy and Forza Italia which today represent more than 50 % of the voters .
Before seeing on the merits the links to the limit of conflicts of interest also with regard to the new bizarre invasion of the Immuni spy app , which will have the task of monitoring cell phones in order to guarantee individual distances and avoid contagions , a premise on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is famous for the festival of consultants who are called to work alongside politicians from ministries and local administrations in order to generate a flock of resources for professional friends .
The Task Force of Conte and Mattarella , however , actually represents a “ shadow government ” thanks to which the Prime Minister will be able to operate under the even more invasive direction of the President of the Republic .
The question is dramatically simple : if 21 ministers and 42 undersecretaries of the official government are not enough to manage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ super-commissioner with extraordinary powers is welcome together with 16 “ ministers ” for different areas of competence , but only with the contextual convening of immediate elections for the democratic renewal of Parliament and new executive designation .
Otherwise this Task Force on the one hand legitimates the incompetence of the holders of the Ministries becoming the duplicate on the other also represents an extra cost which must be met by the Quirinale who has examined , suggested and confirmed the list of the executive of Count Bis Govt how much these new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consideration of the fact that the super-commissioner Colao and his collaborators were taken from that ruthless world of business as happened in 2012 for the technical government of bankers Mario Monti ( former PM and Goldman Sachs Council advisor member ) , Alessandro Profumo and Corrado Passera who brought the public debt from 1,900 to 2,000 billion euros despite the sacrifices of “ tears and blood ” of the Italians , among which , however , the extraordinary maneuver of 30 billion given to the banks to avoid its collapse was distinguished .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the different “ technical ” governments of the Democratic Party established by the presidents of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano and Sergio Mattarella , of that same party , the Italian debt reached 2,400 billion .
In light of all this , it is clear that the same recipe can only produce a catastrophe in the presence of economic and social management following the emergency of the blockade of industrial , commercial and tertiary activities .
But precisely this , together with the further indebtedness with the ECB , the European Union and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Democratic rulers to hand over the keys of the country with its treasure chest in the hands of the pro-Europeanist-globalist technocrats in perfect line with the route already traced for Greece and ready for Spain , coincidentally one of the countries with populist-sovereignty onset strongly affected by this ethnically surgical virus .
In the previous article , we mentioned that Domenico Arcuri is a manager who grew up in Deloitte , the international auditing company that favored the Parmalat crack not realizing the disastrous deficit in time , now let ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
After graduating from Bocconi University in Milan and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University , he lived a short experience at the Morgan Stanley London bank before making his career at McKinsey & Company , a leading company in international management .
We will see later the importance of his role there … Colao joined Omnitel in 1996 when the largest shareholder was Carlo De Benedetti ’ s Olivetti , card no .
1 in the future Democratic Party , publisher of the GEDI Group of the newspapers L ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the FIAT-FCA group has also entered for some years .
The same publishing group that in recent days attacked the mission of Russian military doctors in Italy .
And here the first intrigues begin .
John Elkann , president of Fiat Crysler Automobile , with administrative headquarters in the Netherlands and tax in the United Kingdom but under investigation in the US by the administration of Donald Trump , is a member of the Bilderberg Standing Committee together with Lilli Gruber , journalist of TG LA7 led by Enrico Mentana , founder of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ George Soros .
The annual private meetings of Club Bilderberg lobbyists from around the world were inaugurated in 1954 by David Rockefeller , brother of the politician Nelson , who became famous in secularist-globalist history for imposing the abortion law when he was Governor of New York State .
As BlastingNews reported that of 2018 was held from 7 to 10 June in Turin and , together with the two Italians already mentioned , also attended Vittorio Colao , Elena Cattaneo , director of the Stem Cell Biology Laboratory at the University of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Napolitano , and the Roman economist Mariana Mazzucato , director and founder of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London where she teaches .
Mazzuccato has a double passport having grown up in the United States , is part of the Council for the Future of growth and competitiveness of the World Economic Forum in Davos , became Conte ’ s economic adviser before being appointed to the Colao Emergency Task Force .
The academic professor , in her acclaimed book The Value of Everything : Making and Taking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ secret of Pulcinella ” : that companies from Silicon Valley to the financial sector in Big Pharma have used nebulous notions of value for create confusion between rents and profits , describing themselves as creators of values but ending up destroying them .
But to present her publication she was a distinguished guest of George Soros ’ Open Society Foundation in New York .
The Hungarian-American plutarch , known for the Soros list of MEPs friends and his meeting in 2017 in Rome , at the PM ’ s headquarter Palazzo Chigi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gentiloni ( Democratic Party ) now EU commissioner , in 2011 he was one of the great investors of Verizon Communication ( $ 64.954 million in the first quarter , given US Securities and Exchange Commission OMB n. 3235-0006 of 31-8-12 ) where Colao collaborated in Cellco Partnership before becoming independent director in 2019 .
The healthy blogger Giovanni Angelo Cianti , however , not only highlights the brilliant career of the new commissioner in Vodafone , from AD in Europe in 2001 to CEO of the group in 2008 , but focuses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic Bill Gates , historic sponsor of the Dem USA like Soros .
Colao « in 2012 creates the Vodafone partnership – GAVI Vaccine Alliance ( WHO , UNICEF , Gates Foundation , World Bank ) to computerize vaccinations of children from sub-Saharan Africa – Cianti writes on his Facebook profile – In 2015 he is non-executive director in UNILEVER ( food corp , 400 brands , 53 billion in turnover in the hands of the usual well-known Vanguard , Black Rock , Wellington Management , etc .
.. ) .
But in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 2.8 bln with 6.1 bln of losses and Colao was hunted with a stock liquidation of over 33 million dollars .
It is on this occasion that he addresses Bill Gates with whom he has dinner in Seattle » .
The new head of the Italian Covid-19 Emergency Task Force can therefore be considered a foreign manager as he resides with his wife and two children in South Kensington , Greater London ( UK ) .
And it is precisely in the notorious world management group McKinsey & Company of New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the world ) that he made his career from 1986 to 1996 .
The scandals concerning this company are such and so many that as soon as possible we will dedicate a complete report to them for now we focus on some recent reports from the webmedia Politico and Vox in which the imprinting promoted inside was highlighted of national and international bodies .
The managerial consultancy , with consequent conditioning of the objectives , also took place in the social and health field as for the English National Health Service , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hurricane due to the scandal of minors also autistic who underwent trangender therapies in the London Clinic Tavestock Center , and in the World Health Organization of Geneva , thanks also to the contribution of two excellent client-partners : the now inevitable Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Central Intelligence Agency .
In 12 CoronaVirus reports we analyzed the role of the CIA in the field of bacteriological weapons and that of Gates in the search for viruses to build lucrative vaccines .
Now let ’ s see what they have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CIA , which hired McKinsey in 2015 , went through similar changes that irked many at the agency , according to current and former employees – wrote Politico – A former senior intelligence official who witnessed CIA ’ s reorganization , for example , said the changes there affected turnaround time for intelligence reports , which is a critical factor in decision-making .
He also complained about the newly created “ mission centers , ” saying that , ironically , he had “ greater connectivity ” to analysts before they were forced to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ role of the New York company that churned out American presidents and Wall Street gurus has also spread to other US agencies .
« For the past four years , the powerhouse firm McKinsey and Co. , has helped restructure the country ’ s spying bureaucracy , aiming to improve response time and smooth communication .
Instead , according to nearly a dozen current and former officials who either witnessed the restructuring firsthand or are familiar with the project , the multimillion dollar overhaul has left many within the country ’ s intelligence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insiders said the efforts have hindered decision-making at key agencies — including the CIA , National Security Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence » told reporter Natasha Bertrand and Daniel Lippman .
Vox , on the other hand , highlights how the company has transformed itself into a think-thank financed by powerful billionaires to influence worldwide the direction of management in World Health Organization too .
He publishes some graphs showing the huge funds invested in McKinsey by the founding of Bill Gates who , as we have seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a former CIA deputy director for a pandemic exercise Event 201 .
« The one thing that WHO staff didn ’ t want , is a McKinsey type of reform » said a senior official who was involved in the reform process .
« In addition to McKinsey , the WHO confirmed they ’ ve worked with five other consultancies during the transformation : BCG , Deloitte , Preva Group , Seek Development , and most recently , Delivery Associates , which has a multi-year contract worth $ 3.85 million .
The total @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 12 million , at least a quarter of which has been paid for directly by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , one of the most powerful players in global health » further added Julia Belluz and Marine Buissonniere on Vox .
« Though the WHO is a public institution , the details of these engagements , and Gates ’ s involvement , aren ’ t available in the WHO ’ s budgets or financial statements .
The information that is disclosed on the WHO ’ s website is incomplete .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contracts the agency processes — but it excludes those paid for directly by donors like Gates » Vox always reports .
But there is also no information on the consultants ’ appointment : « For example , the portal shows the WHO ’ s headquarters awarded McKinsey with $ 4.19 million in contracts between 2017 and 2018 , but not whether those were reform-related » and the world organization would have refused to specify it to journalists .
The fragmented public data collected by Vox indicate a staggering rain of money .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than $ 300 million in McKinsey and BCG between 2006 and 2017 , according to the institution ’ s tax returns .
More than the national health budget for an entire low-income country , such as Haiti , about half of what the United States government has spent on McKinsey and BCG in the past decade .
We have previously seen how the commissioner for health procurement Domenico Arcuri is a former CEO of the aforementioned Deloitte , now it must be emphasized that Giuseppe Falco , one of the components of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Mattarella , is managing director for the Italian System – Greece-Turchiasenior and managing director of the Boston Consulting Group , or BCG , also financed by Gates ( graph above ) .
While another of the team , Fabrizio Starace , director of the Department of mental health and pathological addictions of the AUSL of Modena and president of the Italian Society of Psychiatric Epidemiology , was Co-Principal Investigator at the Division of Mental Health of the World Organization of Geneva Healthcare .
Among Colao ’ s consultants somehow related to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also Raffaella Sadun , professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School , who in 2018 won the McKinsey Award for the best article on Harvard Business Review .
But the intrigues are not finished : indeed they even become embarrassing… Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio © COPYRIGHT GOSPA NEWS for VETERANS TODAY only – no reproduction wihtout authorization

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy
VERSIONE ORIGINALE IN ITALIANO
The Covid-19 epidemic has revealed the nerve discovered in Italy of healthcare cut by financial cuts, the shortage of hospital beds already chronic in ordinary conditions but which has become catastrophic with the emergency, so much so as to oblige doctors to only allow hospitalization of the most seriously ill by delaying treatment for others in a dangerous spiral of late assistance which has proved fatal for some.
But instead of acting on the most thorny problem by strengthening funds and strategies of the Ministry of Health, the Government invents a Task Force to subcontract the future of the country to foreign professionals, free from any possible control of Parliament.
As a good Quirinal (Head of State palace) butler, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte II is carrying out his duties so precisely that he even forgets to save appearances, as if Italian politics had now hibernated in the impotence to oppose the wishes of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella who since 2015 has been orchestrating Governments better than Mangiafuoco did with his puppets in the tale of Pinocchio.
The Italian Prime Minister, aware that his head will be offered on a silver platter to all those who claim justice for the macroscopic errors committed in the management of the SARS-2 pandemic which cost more than 20 thousand dead, is trying first of all to deserve a lavish public prebend for the future while pursuing the attempt to identify strategies to get Italy out of the emergency by bringing it to the “phase 2” of the post lockdown.
A first analysis of the protagonists recruited by the Government not only highlights how much international globalists have been caught by the cylinder, but also reveals disturbing intrigues to say the least with names today very embarrassing such as those of the Bill Gates foundation and the Central Intelligence Agency, among the main suspects in the CoronaVirus theory created in the laboratory as a bacteriological weapon, escaped – or launched on purpose – to push humanity to a massive vaccination campaign in the field of health and under the control of a New World Order in that of social security.
Many have already highlighted that super-commissioner Vittorio Colao has been catapulted to lead the Covid-19 Task Force directly from the infamous Bilderberg club where a few hundred powerful businessmen and politicians decide the fate of a land and the fate of nations. But, as we will see, he is not the only one on the committee to boast such prestigious experience…
Few, however, have given weight to the fact that he is an ex-soldier of Calabrian blood just like Domenico Arcuri, the extraordinary commissioner already appointed by Prime Minister Conte for the management of health supplies in the CoronaVirus emergency.
Arcuri was born in 1963 in Melito di Porto Salvo (Reggio Calabria) and attended the Nunziatella in Naples before graduating in Economics and Commerce at the Luiss University named after the famous Mason who was president of it Guido Carli; Colao saw the light in 1961 in Brescia where his parents moved from Fossato Serralta (Catanzaro), and attended the Military Academy of the Carabinieri becoming an officer (today a reservist) like his father.
It is certainly a good thing that two brilliant managers of international scope testify that Calabria does not only produce mafia-like associations such as the ‘Ndrangheta, thanks to which the southern region is famous all over the world as reported by the latest reports of the Anti-Mafia Investigation Department, but this curious coincidence appears politically inappropriate a few months after an investigation into criminal affairs in public procurement conducted by Catanzaro’s prosecutor, Nicola Gratteri, led to the arrest of 334 people, including some politicians from the Democratic Party who support the Conte government and in which the current Head of State Sergio Mattarella made his career, he too arrived in Rome from Sicily infested by Cosa Nostra where in 1992 he was acquitted of a process for illegal financing of the parties for 5 million petrol vouchers received by a mobster.
The now chronic and serious “mafia epidemic” in Italy has been reported in recent days by the German newspaper Die Wielt in relation to the risk that financial aid from the European Union and the ECB may end up in the coffers of companies controlled by organized crime, as the leader of the 5 Star Movement Beppe Grillo also claimed in 2014.
However, the profile of the commissioners and the Task Force in the context of high globalist international finance appears more relevant in a social moment in which Italy’s political orientation remains strongly sovereign due to the growing consensus of the moderate right-wing of Lega, Brothers of Italy and Forza Italia which today represent more than 50% of the voters.
Before seeing on the merits the links to the limit of conflicts of interest also with regard to the new bizarre invasion of the Immuni spy app, which will have the task of monitoring cell phones in order to guarantee individual distances and avoid contagions, a premise on the method is fundamental.
THE SHADE GOVERNMENT OF MATTARELLA
Indeed, Italy is famous for the festival of consultants who are called to work alongside politicians from ministries and local administrations in order to generate a flock of resources for professional friends. The Task Force of Conte and Mattarella, however, actually represents a “shadow government” thanks to which the Prime Minister will be able to operate under the even more invasive direction of the President of the Republic.
The question is dramatically simple: if 21 ministers and 42 undersecretaries of the official government are not enough to manage the revitalization of the country, the super-commissioner with extraordinary powers is welcome together with 16 “ministers” for different areas of competence, but only with the contextual convening of immediate elections for the democratic renewal of Parliament and new executive designation.
Otherwise this Task Force on the one hand legitimates the incompetence of the holders of the Ministries becoming the duplicate on the other also represents an extra cost which must be met by the Quirinale who has examined, suggested and confirmed the list of the executive of Count Bis Govt how much these new advisors.
All the more so in consideration of the fact that the super-commissioner Colao and his collaborators were taken from that ruthless world of business as happened in 2012 for the technical government of bankers Mario Monti (former PM and Goldman Sachs Council advisor member), Alessandro Profumo and Corrado Passera who brought the public debt from 1,900 to 2,000 billion euros despite the sacrifices of “tears and blood” of the Italians, among which, however, the extraordinary maneuver of 30 billion given to the banks to avoid its collapse was distinguished.
From 2012 to 2018, thanks to the different “technical” governments of the Democratic Party established by the presidents of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano and Sergio Mattarella, of that same party, the Italian debt reached 2,400 billion.
In light of all this, it is clear that the same recipe can only produce a catastrophe in the presence of economic and social management following the emergency of the blockade of industrial, commercial and tertiary activities.
But precisely this, together with the further indebtedness with the ECB, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, seems the goal of the Democratic rulers to hand over the keys of the country with its treasure chest in the hands of the pro-Europeanist-globalist technocrats in perfect line with the route already traced for Greece and ready for Spain, coincidentally one of the countries with populist-sovereignty onset strongly affected by this ethnically surgical virus.
In the previous article, we mentioned that Domenico Arcuri is a manager who grew up in Deloitte, the international auditing company that favored the Parmalat crack not realizing the disastrous deficit in time, now let’s analyze Vittorio Colao’s curriculum.
After graduating from Bocconi University in Milan and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University, he lived a short experience at the Morgan Stanley London bank before making his career at McKinsey & Company, a leading company in international management. We will see later the importance of his role there …
Colao joined Omnitel in 1996 when the largest shareholder was Carlo De Benedetti’s Olivetti, card no. 1 in the future Democratic Party, publisher of the GEDI Group of the newspapers L’Espresso-Repubblica-La Stampa which the Agnelli-Elkann family of the FIAT-FCA group has also entered for some years. The same publishing group that in recent days attacked the mission of Russian military doctors in Italy.
FROM BILDERBERG TO COVID-19 TASK FORCE
And here the first intrigues begin. John Elkann, president of Fiat Crysler Automobile, with administrative headquarters in the Netherlands and tax in the United Kingdom but under investigation in the US by the administration of Donald Trump, is a member of the Bilderberg Standing Committee together with Lilli Gruber, journalist of TG LA7 led by Enrico Mentana, founder of the online newspaper Open and fans of George Soros.
The annual private meetings of Club Bilderberg lobbyists from around the world were inaugurated in 1954 by David Rockefeller, brother of the politician Nelson, who became famous in secularist-globalist history for imposing the abortion law when he was Governor of New York State.
As BlastingNews reported that of 2018 was held from 7 to 10 June in Turin and, together with the two Italians already mentioned, also attended Vittorio Colao, Elena Cattaneo, director of the Stem Cell Biology Laboratory at the University of Milan appointed senator for life by President Napolitano, and the Roman economist Mariana Mazzucato, director and founder of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London where she teaches.
Mazzuccato has a double passport having grown up in the United States, is part of the Council for the Future of growth and competitiveness of the World Economic Forum in Davos, became Conte’s economic adviser before being appointed to the Colao Emergency Task Force.
The academic professor, in her acclaimed book The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy, revealed the “secret of Pulcinella”: that companies from Silicon Valley to the financial sector in Big Pharma have used nebulous notions of value for create confusion between rents and profits, describing themselves as creators of values but ending up destroying them.
But to present her publication she was a distinguished guest of George Soros’ Open Society Foundation in New York.
The Hungarian-American plutarch, known for the Soros list of MEPs friends and his meeting in 2017 in Rome, at the PM’s headquarter Palazzo Chigi, with the former Italian premier Paolo Gentiloni (Democratic Party) now EU commissioner, in 2011 he was one of the great investors of Verizon Communication ( $ 64.954 million in the first quarter, given US Securities and Exchange Commission OMB n. 3235-0006 of 31-8-12) where Colao collaborated in Cellco Partnership before becoming independent director in 2019.
The healthy blogger Giovanni Angelo Cianti, however, not only highlights the brilliant career of the new commissioner in Vodafone, from AD in Europe in 2001 to CEO of the group in 2008, but focuses on business with the prophet of the pandemic Bill Gates, historic sponsor of the Dem USA like Soros.
Colao «in 2012 creates the Vodafone partnership – GAVI Vaccine Alliance (WHO, UNICEF, Gates Foundation, World Bank) to computerize vaccinations of children from sub-Saharan Africa – Cianti writes on his Facebook profile – In 2015 he is non-executive director in UNILEVER (food corp, 400 brands, 53 billion in turnover in the hands of the usual well-known Vanguard, Black Rock, Wellington Management, etc. ..). But in 2018, Vodafone’s turnover plummeted to 2.8 bln with 6.1 bln of losses and Colao was hunted with a stock liquidation of over 33 million dollars. It is on this occasion that he addresses Bill Gates with whom he has dinner in Seattle».
GATES & CIA PARTNERS OF THE MANAGERS’ COMPANY
The new head of the Italian Covid-19 Emergency Task Force can therefore be considered a foreign manager as he resides with his wife and two children in South Kensington, Greater London (UK). And it is precisely in the notorious world management group McKinsey & Company of New York (also based in Rome and all over the world) that he made his career from 1986 to 1996.
The scandals concerning this company are such and so many that as soon as possible we will dedicate a complete report to them for now we focus on some recent reports from the webmedia Politico and Vox in which the imprinting promoted inside was highlighted of national and international bodies.
The managerial consultancy, with consequent conditioning of the objectives, also took place in the social and health field as for the English National Health Service, which ended up in the eye of the hurricane due to the scandal of minors also autistic who underwent trangender therapies in the London Clinic Tavestock Center, and in the World Health Organization of Geneva, thanks also to the contribution of two excellent client-partners: the now inevitable Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Central Intelligence Agency.
In 12 CoronaVirus reports we analyzed the role of the CIA in the field of bacteriological weapons and that of Gates in the search for viruses to build lucrative vaccines. Now let’s see what they have to do with McKinsey.
«The CIA, which hired McKinsey in 2015, went through similar changes that irked many at the agency, according to current and former employees – wrote Politico – A former senior intelligence official who witnessed CIA’s reorganization, for example, said the changes there affected turnaround time for intelligence reports, which is a critical factor in decision-making. He also complained about the newly created “mission centers,” saying that, ironically, he had “greater connectivity” to analysts before they were forced to share a room».
But the role of the New York company that churned out American presidents and Wall Street gurus has also spread to other US agencies.
«For the past four years, the powerhouse firm McKinsey and Co., has helped restructure the country’s spying bureaucracy, aiming to improve response time and smooth communication. Instead, according to nearly a dozen current and former officials who either witnessed the restructuring firsthand or are familiar with the project, the multimillion dollar overhaul has left many within the country’s intelligence agencies demoralized and less effective. These insiders said the efforts have hindered decision-making at key agencies — including the CIA, National Security Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence» told reporter Natasha Bertrand and Daniel Lippman.
Vox, on the other hand, highlights how the company has transformed itself into a think-thank financed by powerful billionaires to influence worldwide the direction of management in World Health Organization too. He publishes some graphs showing the huge funds invested in McKinsey by the founding of Bill Gates who, as we have seen in a previous article, collaborated with a former CIA deputy director for a pandemic exercise Event 201.
«The one thing that WHO staff didn’t want, is a McKinsey type of reform» said a senior official who was involved in the reform process.
«In addition to McKinsey, the WHO confirmed they’ve worked with five other consultancies during the transformation: BCG, Deloitte, Preva Group, Seek Development, and most recently, Delivery Associates, which has a multi-year contract worth $3.85 million. The total value of the consultant contracts is about $12 million, at least a quarter of which has been paid for directly by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the most powerful players in global health» further added Julia Belluz and Marine Buissonniere on Vox.
«Though the WHO is a public institution, the details of these engagements, and Gates’s involvement, aren’t available in the WHO’s budgets or financial statements. The information that is disclosed on the WHO’s website is incomplete. The WHO has a portal with data on contracts the agency processes — but it excludes those paid for directly by donors like Gates» Vox always reports.
But there is also no information on the consultants’ appointment: «For example, the portal shows the WHO’s headquarters awarded McKinsey with $4.19 million in contracts between 2017 and 2018, but not whether those were reform-related» and the world organization would have refused to specify it to journalists.
The fragmented public data collected by Vox indicate a staggering rain of money. In total, the Gates Foundation spent more than $ 300 million in McKinsey and BCG between 2006 and 2017, according to the institution’s tax returns. More than the national health budget for an entire low-income country, such as Haiti, about half of what the United States government has spent on McKinsey and BCG in the past decade.
We have previously seen how the commissioner for health procurement Domenico Arcuri is a former CEO of the aforementioned Deloitte, now it must be emphasized that Giuseppe Falco, one of the components of the Covid-19 Italian Task Force wanted by Conte and Mattarella, is managing director for the Italian System – Greece-Turchiasenior and managing director of the Boston Consulting Group, or BCG, also financed by Gates (graph above).
While another of the team, Fabrizio Starace, director of the Department of mental health and pathological addictions of the AUSL of Modena and president of the Italian Society of Psychiatric Epidemiology, was Co-Principal Investigator at the Division of Mental Health of the World Organization of Geneva Healthcare.
Among Colao’s consultants somehow related to the consulting company where he worked there is also Raffaella Sadun, professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, who in 2018 won the McKinsey Award for the best article on Harvard Business Review.
But the intrigues are not finished: indeed they even become embarrassing…
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veteranstoday--2020-04-18--Days from Civil War: Trump Calls Up Secret Force of 10,000 US Army to Disband Congress, Set Stage fo

Days from Civil War: Trump Calls Up Secret Force of 10,000 US Army to Disband Congress, Set Stage for Martial Law

The second Trump uses force to vacate congress , the US will cease to exist as a republic .
( He has made the first moves… ) Donald Trump and Mike Esper , an extremist political operative now controlling the US military , have secretly called up a first tranch of 10,000 National Guard for deployment in an unstated “ emergency ” predicted for Washington DC .
There is only one “ emergency ” there and that is Trump ’ s threat to disband congress and set up an official dictatorship using Proud Boy armed street gangs to stifle protests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Congress refuses to disband so that Trump can appoint new judges that will enforce martial law .
Sputnik/Moscow : Department of Defence officials and civilian authorities have repeatedly played down fears that the US National Guard could be called in to enforce martial law in one or more jurisdictions of the United States in response to the coronavirus pandemic , dismissing claims to the contrary as “ false ” and akin to “ conspiracy theories.
” The Pentagon quietly activated a 10,000 troop-strong task force to secure Washington , DC in case of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never informed the public about it , Newsweek has reported , citing a senior military officer said to be engaged in the continuity of government planning , as well as three military sources familiar with United States Northern Command planning .
The force , known as Joint Task Force National Capital Region ( JTF-NCR ) , takes its marching orders from Pentagon chief Mark Esper .
It ’ s commanded by Army Maj. Gen. Omar J Jones IV , commander of the Military District of Washington , ordinarily a largely ceremonial unit engaging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Cemetery .
In an emergency , its duties are said to include evacuating government leaders from the capital , as well as “ securing ” the city and engaging in “ homeland defense ” against potential enemies both foreign and domestic , including protecting Washington , DC ’ s airspace and dealing with civil unrest .
Its area of operations is said to include the District of Columbia and the surrounding areas in Maryland and Virginia .
According to Newsweek ’ s information , the task force was activated on March 16 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ secret mission has a public face similar to that of other military units called up in recent weeks to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic , including the provision of medical support , the operation of mobile health-check centers and supply delivery .
Quietly , however , part of the force is being held back from these COVID-19 response duties , and stationed at local military bases to ‘ ensure readiness ’ in the event that they are called upon .
A senior retired NORTHCOM commander told the magazine that in an emergency , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unilateral action ’ , including efforts “ as immediately required to save lives , prevent human suffering or mitigate great property damage.
” US media gave hints about the task force ’ s possible duties back in March , when Decatur , Illinois-based newspaper Herald & Review reported on the call up of Illinois National Guard forces being deployed at Fort Belvoir outside Washington , their mission ordinarily including aviation-related duties including fueling , repair work , piloting and logistics .
Under the contingency , their tasks could include evacuating officials , lawmakers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Aviation Regiment helicopters .
Other forces at the JTF-NCR ’ s disposal include a Marine Corps biological attack response unit on 24-hour alert , an army ‘ Special Reaction Team ’ , consisting of the military police ( including police officers to be seconded from local police in the event of an emergency ) , and an engineering unit trained for urban search and rescue .
Significantly , unlike in other deployments across the country , the Guard units assigned to Washington are under federal , not state jurisdiction , making their terms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the event of deployment overseas .
US officials did not comment on the veracity of Newsweek ’ s story except to say that the magazine was getting into “ matters of national security.
” Previously , the US military and media have repeatedly downplayed any suggestions that the National Guard could be used to enforce martial law .
Late last month , amid the activation of thousands of Guard troops , National Guard Bureau Chief Air Force Gen. Joe Lengyel told reporters that there was “ no discussion…no plan to use the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shelter-in-place operations.
” Secretary of Defence Esper accused “ external actors ” of “ injecting ” these concerns “ into the ecosystem , ” similarly dismissing concerns .
At the moment , the United States is suffering from the highest reported incidence of COVID-19 in the world , with over 671,000 cases and 33,000+ deaths reported as of Friday .
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Donald Trump and Mike Esper, an extremist political operative now controlling the US military, have secretly called up a first tranch of 10,000 National Guard for deployment in an unstated “emergency” predicted for Washington DC.
There is only one “emergency” there and that is Trump’s threat to disband congress and set up an official dictatorship using Proud Boy armed street gangs to stifle protests.
Trump will use the military if Congress refuses to disband so that Trump can appoint new judges that will enforce martial law.
Sputnik/Moscow: Department of Defence officials and civilian authorities have repeatedly played down fears that the US National Guard could be called in to enforce martial law in one or more jurisdictions of the United States in response to the coronavirus pandemic, dismissing claims to the contrary as “false” and akin to “conspiracy theories.”
The Pentagon quietly activated a 10,000 troop-strong task force to secure Washington, DC in case of an emergency over a month ago and never informed the public about it, Newsweek has reported, citing a senior military officer said to be engaged in the continuity of government planning, as well as three military sources familiar with United States Northern Command planning.
The force, known as Joint Task Force National Capital Region (JTF-NCR), takes its marching orders from Pentagon chief Mark Esper. It’s commanded by Army Maj. Gen. Omar J Jones IV, commander of the Military District of Washington, ordinarily a largely ceremonial unit engaging in parades and duties at the Arlington National Cemetery.
In an emergency, its duties are said to include evacuating government leaders from the capital, as well as “securing” the city and engaging in “homeland defense” against potential enemies both foreign and domestic, including protecting Washington, DC’s airspace and dealing with civil unrest. Its area of operations is said to include the District of Columbia and the surrounding areas in Maryland and Virginia.
According to Newsweek’s information, the task force was activated on March 16, and in addition to its heretofore secret mission has a public face similar to that of other military units called up in recent weeks to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including the provision of medical support, the operation of mobile health-check centers and supply delivery.
Quietly, however, part of the force is being held back from these COVID-19 response duties, and stationed at local military bases to ‘ensure readiness’ in the event that they are called upon. A senior retired NORTHCOM commander told the magazine that in an emergency, the units’ duties may include ‘unilateral action’, including efforts “as immediately required to save lives, prevent human suffering or mitigate great property damage.”
US media gave hints about the task force’s possible duties back in March, when Decatur, Illinois-based newspaper Herald & Review reported on the call up of Illinois National Guard forces being deployed at Fort Belvoir outside Washington, their mission ordinarily including aviation-related duties including fueling, repair work, piloting and logistics. Under the contingency, their tasks could include evacuating officials, lawmakers and members of the judiciary aboard 106th Aviation Regiment helicopters.
Other forces at the JTF-NCR’s disposal include a Marine Corps biological attack response unit on 24-hour alert, an army ‘Special Reaction Team’, consisting of the military police (including police officers to be seconded from local police in the event of an emergency), and an engineering unit trained for urban search and rescue.
Significantly, unlike in other deployments across the country, the Guard units assigned to Washington are under federal, not state jurisdiction, making their terms of service similar to those in force in the event of deployment overseas.
US officials did not comment on the veracity of Newsweek’s story except to say that the magazine was getting into “matters of national security.”
Previously, the US military and media have repeatedly downplayed any suggestions that the National Guard could be used to enforce martial law. Late last month, amid the activation of thousands of Guard troops, National Guard Bureau Chief Air Force Gen. Joe Lengyel told reporters that there was “no discussion…no plan to use the National Guard to do quarantine or ensure shelter-in-place operations.” Secretary of Defence Esper accused “external actors” of “injecting” these concerns “into the ecosystem,” similarly dismissing concerns.
At the moment, the United States is suffering from the highest reported incidence of COVID-19 in the world, with over 671,000 cases and 33,000+ deaths reported as of Friday.
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veteranstoday--2020-04-18--Surprise: Boeing first big worker recall next week, 27,000 in Seattle

Boeing to restart production at Washington state plant next week as company suffers amid Covid-19 shutdown [ Editor ’ s Note : America got a light at the end of the tunnel today boost with this good news .
Washington state took an early hammering on the virus so this is a victory lap for its turning the corner to getting people back to work .
Unfortunately the testing scandal is still upon us .
It is a dangerous trick to try to pull off with getting large numbers back to work without the testing to verify that they and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But here were are , better off than a few weeks ago , but still front line medical workers not having the protective equipment that they need , and the horror stories on nursing home staff at the end of the supply chain abandoning those in their care to save their own lives .
These plants are something to see from the inside .
I toured the Lockheed-Martin plant in Atlanta once and they would not allow photo shooting even in the reception room .
But what impressed me more is how clean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of dust or dirt on the floors which literally had a polished shine to them .
Trump passed the opening back up strategies down to the states .
I think his protectors did it to put them in a position to take the political hit if reinfections popped up again , but where he could still take credit for their success .
Boeing said it hopes to resume aircraft production at factories in Washington state early next week , closed amid the Covid-19 crisis , as the firm is reeling from both the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its 737 Max .
The company ’ s Puget Sound-area facilities north of Seattle could start back up by April 20 , Boeing said in a statement on Thursday , putting some 27,000 employees back to work in several stages next week .
Production of the 737 , 747 , 767 and 777 aircraft will resume first , seeing most workers return between April 20 and April 21 , while employees building the 787 will get back to work three days later .
Boeing shuttered its Washington plants indefinitely in late March over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ staff out of work for over three weeks .
The company later closed its South Carolina factory , suspending the majority of its commercial aircraft production , but has yet to announce plans to reopen that plant .
The problem-plagued 737 Max – grounded worldwide last year after a series of lethal crashes that left 346 people dead – is also set to resume production , despite reports this week that another 150 orders had been cancelled for the troubled airliner in March alone .
A series of technical and safety issues have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ despite repeated optimistic predictions from company executives that it would soon be back in the air .
Deliveries are down across the board for Boeing aircraft this year – largely thanks to the ongoing global pandemic , which has devastated demand for air travel – with the company stating it delivered only 50 planes in the first quarter of 2020 , compared to the 149 in the first quarter of last year .
The health crisis has also forced Boeing to cut production output , some reports suggesting by up to 40 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10 percent .
The aircraft manufacturer is now pursuing aid from the federal government , after requesting a $ 60 billion bailout for the aerospace industry at large .

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The company’s Puget Sound-area facilities north of Seattle could start back up by April 20, Boeing said in a statement on Thursday, putting some 27,000 employees back to work in several stages next week.
Production of the 737, 747, 767 and 777 aircraft will resume first, seeing most workers return between April 20 and April 21, while employees building the 787 will get back to work three days later.
Boeing shuttered its Washington plants indefinitely in late March over the coronavirus pandemic, putting thousands of staff out of work for over three weeks. The company later closed its South Carolina factory, suspending the majority of its commercial aircraft production, but has yet to announce plans to reopen that plant.
The problem-plagued 737 Max – grounded worldwide last year after a series of lethal crashes that left 346 people dead – is also set to resume production, despite reports this week that another 150 orders had been cancelled for the troubled airliner in March alone.
A series of technical and safety issues have kept the Max grounded for months, despite repeated optimistic predictions from company executives that it would soon be back in the air.
Deliveries are down across the board for Boeing aircraft this year – largely thanks to the ongoing global pandemic, which has devastated demand for air travel – with the company stating it delivered only 50 planes in the first quarter of 2020, compared to the 149 in the first quarter of last year.
The health crisis has also forced Boeing to cut production output, some reports suggesting by up to 40 percent, and slash its workforce by some 10 percent. The aircraft manufacturer is now pursuing aid from the federal government, after requesting a $60 billion bailout for the aerospace industry at large.


veteranstoday--2020-04-19--NEO – Middle East: How is the UAE changing its geo-political game?

by Salman Rafi Sheikh , …with New Eastern Outlook , Moscow , …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa .
[ Editor ’ s Note : Mr. Sheikh has put the spot light on the UAE who generally flies below the radar on the geo-political Mideast battlefield .
Despite its wealth it is a small country with limited military power , and hence its desire to leverage its wealth via new alliances that are value added to UAE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against others .
I was not aware that the UAE was offering billions to Syria , under the cover of Covid aid , to fund an offensive against the Turks inside Syria .
This is a rather tall order to request of Syria when its air force can not beat the Turkish one , and the Russians have pointedly hinted that anyone thinking they can get sucked into a shooting air combat conflict with the Turks is dreaming .
The UN is powerless in all of this , as we have a growing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or supporting them , for a wide list of reasons all in violation of the UN charter .
The organization is diminishing itself into an expensive way to deal with refugees .
Instead of The Donald being the Mr. Quick Draw on sanctions , maybe it should be the UN kicking members out of the organization for engaging in illegal wars , which would include using proxy terrorist forces .
The UN has enough in its budget to have the intelligence apparatus to have a good handle on what is going on with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security for those working there seems to be a higher priority .
As Gordon does so love to say , “ It ’ s a nasty world out there.
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Click to donate > > Whereas the leaders of both Saudi Arabia and the UAE , popularly known as MBS and MBZ respectively , have a number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ each other , inter-state relations are never static , with critical differences between them emerging at every turn even when state interests converge deeply .
When the UAE decided in 2019 to withdraw its troops from Yemen , it was perceived as an act of ‘ abandoning ’ of Saudi Arabia .
However , whereas differences did not , at the time , turn out to be too big to bridge , there remains little doubt that the UAE , already an important regional player , is changing its geo-political game in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Middle East .
The tiny Arab state is , as a part of its new game-plan , redefining and changing its relations , properly utilising the COVID-19 context , with both the US and Iran .
This change of game-plan is supposed to work at two levels : globally , the UAE aims to replace the Saudis as the US ’ biggest regional ally and thus become a front-runner ; regionally , by redefining its relations with Iran , it hopes to emerge as a new leader .
By doing so , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ challenge Turkish regional ambitions , but also position itself as a major interlocutor between the US and Iran in the future .
This was clearly observed when , as opposed to Saudi Arabia , the UAE officials did support easing of sanctions on Iran to help it fight the pandemic .
The support directly translated into medical shipments sent to Tehran .
Again , as opposed to Saudia accusing Iran for the spread of COVID-19 in the Middle East , the UAE joined hands , out of its bid to change its image @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to send medical aid .
The Emirati air-force deployed an aircraft that carried 7.5 tonnes of cargo from Dubai to Iran .
The Saudis , on the other hand , took a series of action that showed them hardening the usual “ battle lines ” against Iran .
Contrasting policies of the UAE and Saudia tend to highlight the differences .
As early as March 6 , the Saudi official said that Iran ’ s “ irresponsible actions….are a proof of Iran ’ s direct responsibility in increasing COVID-19 infections and in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world… ” At the same time , the Saudis have been trying to make sure that no international pressure builds on the US regarding easing sanctions on Iran .
In this regard , the Kingdom , along with some other countries , blocked the Non-Aligned Movement ’ s statement that called for lifting US sanctions on Iran to enable it to better cope with the pandemic .
The UAE , however , did not become a party to this , thus maintaining its own course vis-à-vis Iran that it had adopted initially by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the Iranian supported Houthis .
Similarly , when the US and Iran came eye-ball to eye-ball in the recent military stand-off after General Soleimani ’ s killing , the UAE was the first from the ‘ Saudi camp ’ to reach out to Iran to make sure that it remains safe from attacks .
The Trump administration also remained silent when the UAE last October released US $ 700 million in frozen Iranian assets that ran counter to US and Saudi efforts to strangle Iran economically with harsh sanctions .
Apart from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tensions ’ , even after UAE withdrawal from Yemen , still continue to recur in Yemen .
In Yemen , the Saudi supported government and the UAE supported Southern Transitional Council remain constantly at logger heads .
In March , tensions escalated when the Saudis deliberately blocked Southern Transitional Council officials from returning to Aden for political negotiations , showing how both blocks were far from playing for each other as allies , and that they were more of involved in a power struggle to give their supported factions an upper hand in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , political differences between the Yemeni government and the Council have translated into military conflict with Saudia deciding to expand its deployment of elite forces to guard the city of Aden against any hostilities instigated by the [ UAE backed ] Southern Council .
In Syria , the UAE has been playing its game against Turkey .
On the one hand , as some media reports indicated , the UAE has been actively trying to sabotage US support for Turkey ’ s interventions in Syria , and on the other , it has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Assad to break the ceasefire in Idlib and attack Turkish forces , although MBZ called this money ‘ aid ’ for the fight against COVID-19 .
Whereas the UAE ’ s intention as to engage the Turkish forces in a costly war , larger regional ambitions were also at work there .
It was UAE ’ s response to Turkey ’ s increasing involvement in Libya .
The year-long offensive on Tripoli mounted by Haftar ’ s UAE-backed Libyan National Army has been stalled by Ankara ’ s deployment of drones , Turkish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Syria .
The UAE is thus actively engaged in at least three different scenarios and is pursuing policies that seemingly run counter to the interests of its traditional ally , Saudi Arabia .
The underlying shift in policies is as much a part of the growing differences between the two Gulf countries as a glimpse of growing power struggle within the Arab countries about regional leadership roles .
The Saudis are seemingly undergoing a ‘ hegemonic fatigue ’ and the Emirati leaders , sensing the Saudi state of affairs and the decline @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roles ; hence , the easing of tense relations with Iran and increasingly assertive geo-political indirect interventions in Yemen ( against Saudia ) and in Syria ( against the Turks ) .
Salman Rafi Sheikh , research-analyst of International Relations and Pakistan ’ s foreign and domestic affairs , exclusively for the online magazine “ New Eastern Outlook ” .

DISCLOSURE: Sourced from Russian government funded media
by Salman Rafi Sheikh, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa.
[ Editor’s Note: Mr. Sheikh has put the spot light on the UAE who generally flies below the radar on the geo-political Mideast battlefield. Despite its wealth it is a small country with limited military power, and hence its desire to leverage its wealth via new alliances that are value added to UAE region power where tribes historically are plotting against others.
I was not aware that the UAE was offering billions to Syria, under the cover of Covid aid, to fund an offensive against the Turks inside Syria. This is a rather tall order to request of Syria when its air force cannot beat the Turkish one, and the Russians have pointedly hinted that anyone thinking they can get sucked into a shooting air combat conflict with the Turks is dreaming.
The UN is powerless in all of this, as we have a growing record of countries initiating armed conflicts, or supporting them, for a wide list of reasons all in violation of the UN charter. The organization is diminishing itself into an expensive way to deal with refugees.
Instead of The Donald being the Mr. Quick Draw on sanctions, maybe it should be the UN kicking members out of the organization for engaging in illegal wars, which would include using proxy terrorist forces.
The UN has enough in its budget to have the intelligence apparatus to have a good handle on what is going on with these illegal conflicts, but unfortunately job security for those working there seems to be a higher priority. As Gordon does so love to say, “It’s a nasty world out there.”… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … April 16, 2020 –
Whereas the leaders of both Saudi Arabia and the UAE, popularly known as MBS and MBZ respectively, have a number of reasons to stay united and support each other, inter-state relations are never static, with critical differences between them emerging at every turn even when state interests converge deeply.
When the UAE decided in 2019 to withdraw its troops from Yemen, it was perceived as an act of ‘abandoning’ of Saudi Arabia. However, whereas differences did not, at the time, turn out to be too big to bridge, there remains little doubt that the UAE, already an important regional player, is changing its geo-political game in the wake of increasingly weakening Saudi position in the Middle East.
The tiny Arab state is, as a part of its new game-plan, redefining and changing its relations, properly utilising the COVID-19 context, with both the US and Iran.
This change of game-plan is supposed to work at two levels: globally, the UAE aims to replace the Saudis as the US’ biggest regional ally and thus become a front-runner; regionally, by redefining its relations with Iran, it hopes to emerge as a new leader. By doing so, the UAE further aims to not only challenge Turkish regional ambitions, but also position itself as a major interlocutor between the US and Iran in the future.
This was clearly observed when, as opposed to Saudi Arabia, the UAE officials did support easing of sanctions on Iran to help it fight the pandemic. The support directly translated into medical shipments sent to Tehran.
Again, as opposed to Saudia accusing Iran for the spread of COVID-19 in the Middle East, the UAE joined hands, out of its bid to change its image in the region, with the WHO to send medical aid. The Emirati air-force deployed an aircraft that carried 7.5 tonnes of cargo from Dubai to Iran.
The Saudis, on the other hand, took a series of action that showed them hardening the usual “battle lines” against Iran. Contrasting policies of the UAE and Saudia tend to highlight the differences. As early as March 6, the Saudi official said that Iran’s “irresponsible actions….are a proof of Iran’s direct responsibility in increasing COVID-19 infections and in the virus’s outbreak all around the world…”
At the same time, the Saudis have been trying to make sure that no international pressure builds on the US regarding easing sanctions on Iran. In this regard, the Kingdom, along with some other countries, blocked the Non-Aligned Movement’s statement that called for lifting US sanctions on Iran to enable it to better cope with the pandemic.
The UAE, however, did not become a party to this, thus maintaining its own course vis-à-vis Iran that it had adopted initially by withdrawing its forces from Yemen, deployed against the Iranian supported Houthis.
Similarly, when the US and Iran came eye-ball to eye-ball in the recent military stand-off after General Soleimani’s killing, the UAE was the first from the ‘Saudi camp’ to reach out to Iran to make sure that it remains safe from attacks.
The Trump administration also remained silent when the UAE last October released US$700 million in frozen Iranian assets that ran counter to US and Saudi efforts to strangle Iran economically with harsh sanctions.
Apart from the Iran question, the Saudi-UAE ‘tensions’, even after UAE withdrawal from Yemen, still continue to recur in Yemen. In Yemen, the Saudi supported government and the UAE supported Southern Transitional Council remain constantly at logger heads.
In March, tensions escalated when the Saudis deliberately blocked Southern Transitional Council officials from returning to Aden for political negotiations, showing how both blocks were far from playing for each other as allies, and that they were more of involved in a power struggle to give their supported factions an upper hand in any future political set up.
Already, political differences between the Yemeni government and the Council have translated into military conflict with Saudia deciding to expand its deployment of elite forces to guard the city of Aden against any hostilities instigated by the [UAE backed] Southern Council.
In Syria, the UAE has been playing its game against Turkey. On the one hand, as some media reports indicated, the UAE has been actively trying to sabotage US support for Turkey’s interventions in Syria, and on the other, it has even offered billions to Syria’s Assad to break the ceasefire in Idlib and attack Turkish forces, although MBZ called this money ‘aid’ for the fight against COVID-19.
Whereas the UAE’s intention as to engage the Turkish forces in a costly war, larger regional ambitions were also at work there. It was UAE’s response to Turkey’s increasing involvement in Libya. The year-long offensive on Tripoli mounted by Haftar’s UAE-backed Libyan National Army has been stalled by Ankara’s deployment of drones, Turkish troops and its proxy ‘warriors’ from Syria.
The UAE is thus actively engaged in at least three different scenarios and is pursuing policies that seemingly run counter to the interests of its traditional ally, Saudi Arabia.
The underlying shift in policies is as much a part of the growing differences between the two Gulf countries as a glimpse of growing power struggle within the Arab countries about regional leadership roles.
The Saudis are seemingly undergoing a ‘hegemonic fatigue’ and the Emirati leaders, sensing the Saudi state of affairs and the decline, are gearing up to switch the roles; hence, the easing of tense relations with Iran and increasingly assertive geo-political indirect interventions in Yemen (against Saudia) and in Syria (against the Turks).
Salman Rafi Sheikh, research-analyst of International Relations and Pakistan’s foreign and domestic affairs, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.


veteranstoday--2020-04-19--NIH: Public/Private Partnership For COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment

NIH to launch public-private partnership to speed COVID-19 vaccine and treatment options The National Institutes of Health and the Foundation for the NIH ( FNIH ) are bringing together more than a dozen leading biopharmaceutical companies , the Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency to develop an international strategy for a coordinated research response to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The planned Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines ( ACTIV ) partnership will develop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug candidates , streamlining clinical trials , coordinating regulatory processes and/or leveraging assets among all partners to rapidly respond to the COVID-19 and future pandemics .
This is part of the whole-of-government , whole-of-America response the Administration has led to beat COVID-19 .
“ We need to bring the full power of the biomedical research enterprise to bear on this crisis , ” said NIH Director Francis S. Collins , M.D.
, Ph.D. “ Now is the time to come together with unassailable objectivity to swiftly advance the development of the most promising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end the COVID-19 global pandemic.
” Coordinated by the FNIH , ACTIV government and industry partners will provide infrastructure , subject matter expertise and/or funding …read more :

NIH to launch public-private partnership to speed COVID-19 vaccine and treatment options
News Release: NIH
The National Institutes of Health and the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) are bringing together more than a dozen leading biopharmaceutical companies, the Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency to develop an international strategy for a coordinated research response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) partnership will develop a collaborative framework for prioritizing vaccine and drug candidates, streamlining clinical trials, coordinating regulatory processes and/or leveraging assets among all partners to rapidly respond to the COVID-19 and future pandemics. This is part of the whole-of-government, whole-of-America response the Administration has led to beat COVID-19.
“We need to bring the full power of the biomedical research enterprise to bear on this crisis,” said NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. “Now is the time to come together with unassailable objectivity to swiftly advance the development of the most promising vaccine and therapeutic candidates that can help end the COVID-19 global pandemic.”
Coordinated by the FNIH, ACTIV government and industry partners will provide infrastructure, subject matter expertise and/or funding …read more:
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator. She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues. Carol’s Archives 2009-2013