Post by account_disabled on Mar 4, 2024 23:30:30 GMT -5
Castellana 109 headquarters the departure of carme chacón from defense is already considered certain . And that his departure, by his own will, will not last much longer than may 23 . The premise they manage in defense is that, from that moment on, as long as the current scenario does not change, carme chacón will focus on the socialist primary campaign. Her advisors - mainly her husband, miguel barroso - are already studying the 'risks' that the minister could face in her fight for the leadership of the psoe if she continued at the head of the ministry. Casualties and state funerals the main fear, according to the sources consulted in defense, is that, in the middle of the primary 'campaign', there would be one or more casualties of spanish soldiers in one of the scenarios in which spain has troops deployed. Which would entail the celebration of state funerals and burials , with the minister in the front line of media coverage. The only way to avoid it, according to the team of advisors surrounding chacón, is the “immediate” departure of the minister , putting her position at the disposal of the president of the government.
And even more so when the spanish troops face one of the most dangerous moments on all their fronts. “any day one can return you to a coffin,” confess the sources consulted by ecd . The spanish military, more exposed than ever currently, 3,500 spanish soldiers are d Special Database eployed on missions abroad. There is a contingent of about 1,500 soldiers in afghanistan , another 1,100 in lebanon , 400 in somalia and almost 500 in the current mission in libya . According to military sources telling el confidencial digital , the risk of casualties occurring in any of these scenarios, in the near future, “is real and palpable .” the sources consulted, both military and senior ministry officials, highlight the “ high danger and exposure ” to which troops abroad are subjected today. And they draw a sketch of the situation: -- in afghanistan, the insurgency, which spanish soldiers are fighting in qala e naw and in the border posts of ludina and darra e bum , begins to 'stretch' from the winter. In recent weeks there have been two rocket attacks on the 'ruy gonzález de clavijo' base and some shootings in the vicinity of the so-called 'ring road'.
With the good weather, the worst months of the insurgent offensive are approaching. -- in lebanon, despite the relative tranquility, there is fear among defense analysts that the widespread revolts in the arab world will end up spreading to the country . Without forgetting the permanent tension that reigns on the border with israel, an area controlled by hezbollah and whose security is the direct responsibility of the spanish troops. -- in somalia, the military deployed in operation atalanta also faces the worst moment of piracy - coinciding with the intermonsoon period. In addition, an increase in the violence of the attacks has been detected . And, meanwhile, the two spanish sailors from the 'vega v' continue to be kidnapped . -- in the case of libya, the possibility of any casualty occurring is “ practically non-existent .” however, the minister faces other 'dangers' such as a possible "Obligation" of the european union to send a land expeditionary force - chacón already said no to the marine corps -, without forgetting the 'argument' in the congress during the renewal of the spanish commitment to the no-fly mission, in which the minister takes center stage.