Italy denied U.S. military aircraft headed for the Middle East permission to land at its Sigonella air base in Sicily, according to local reports.

  • ___caio___
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    2 days ago

    It’s just a formality, they didn’t ask so the government uses it as cheap propaganda to gain consensus after the justice referendum debacle. Meanwhile from Aviano jets are regularly taking off.

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      I don’t think so, it was the defense minister who refused, he actually got in the crossfire with his family during the start of the war, i bet that he didn’t liked that lmao