London (EFE) – Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admits in his political memoirs that he thought about attacking the Netherlands through a military water attack to remove millions of AstraZeneca vaccines for Covid-19.
In an extract from his book ‘Unleashed’, published by the ‘Daily Mail’ newspaper this Friday, the former Tory leader described how, after two months of “useless” talks with the European Union (EU) to release five million doses. of the AstraZeneca vaccine held in a warehouse in Leiden (The Netherlands), in March 2021 he called the British Armed Forces to demand action.
Secretly cross the English Channel
Specifically, Johnson’s plan involved secretly crossing the English Channel in inflatable boats, sailing through the Dutch channels to reach the “cleared” vaccines and then leave with an articulated truck, although after consulting with his advisers he ultimately rejected the idea, considering the attack. of a “rogue” NATO ally.
According to account Johnson In the segment, the Deputy Chief of Defense Staff, Lt. Gen. Doug Chalmers, assured that while the plan was “definitely feasible”, it would not be possible to carry it out without being detected by authorities the Netherlands.
The campaign aimed to seize what, in Johnson’s own words, legally belonged to the United Kingdom and was “desperately needed” while the EU treated the British Government “with bad intent and revenge.”
“(The EU) wanted to prevent us from getting the five million vaccines, but they didn’t show that they wanted to use the AstraZeneca doses,” Johnson wrote, adding that the European Commission at the time that started a “legal war” with the British laboratory, claiming that the company was not fulfilling its contract with the European institutions.
Complaints that “didn’t make sense” to Johnson, as he said the chair of the UK’s vaccine task force, Kate Bingham, had signed a “bombproof” deal with AstraZeneca.
2024-09-28 08:15:47
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