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10apr06
US Military Maneuvers Taking Place in the Caribbean.
Military maneuvers in the Caribbean are being carried out by the US, members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and countries from the hemisphere - excluding Cuba and Venezuela, which are the potential objectives of this demonstration of force.
The USS George Washington Aircraft Carrier Strike Group is leading the "Partnership of the Americas" air and naval exercises. Along with the carrier will participate a destroyer, the USS Stout; a guided-missile frigate, the USS Underwood; possibly two nuclear submarines, and some 6,500 sailors, reported Prensa Latina news agency.
According to public statements, the objectives are to "strengthen military relations between the US Navy and countries in the region" and to "join forces to fight drug trafficking and terrorism."
Nonetheless, regional analysts think that this air, sea and ground reconnaissance could be aimed at evaluating the potential of an attack by the US against Venezuela.
Future exercises will involve roughly 4,000 soldiers from the US, Holland, Belgium, Canada and France, who are scheduled to participate in a maneuver being dubbed the "Joint Caribbean Lion," to take place between May 23 and June 15 in Curacao and Guadeloupe.
This military exercise will be one of the largest organized in the last several years and will have its headquarters at the Hato Rey naval base in Curacao.
Meanwhile, the United States and the United Kingdom have recently concluded the "Trade Winds" military exercises in Jamaica, which included ground, air and sea operations.
[Source: Cuban News Agency, Havana, 10apr06]
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