{"id":67614,"date":"2021-06-02T10:24:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T14:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=67614"},"modified":"2021-06-02T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T14:25:08","slug":"is-this-how-the-u-s-military-intimidates-any-company-thats-not-in-total-compliance-with-nato-warmongering-toward-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=67614","title":{"rendered":"Is this how the U.S. Military intimidates any company that&#8217;s not in total compliance with NATO warmongering toward Russia."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>ZERO DARK FAILURE: NATO TROOPS MISTAKENLY RAID FOOD WORKSHOP IN BULGARIA (VIDEO)<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->SOUTH FRONT<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_143875\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/usa.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-143875\" title=\"Zero Dark Failure: NATO Troops Mistakenly Raid Food Workshop In Bulgaria (VIDEO)\" src=\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/usa.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/usa.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/southfront.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/usa-490x278.jpeg 490w, https:\/\/southfront.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/usa-768x436.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/southfront.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/usa-280x160.jpeg 280w\" alt=\"Zero Dark Failure: NATO Troops Mistakenly Raid Food Workshop In Bulgaria (VIDEO)\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143875\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-143875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see full-size image<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>On May 29<sup>th<\/sup>, the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense and Prosecutor\u2019s Office launched an investigation into an incident in the village of Cheshnegirovo in the region of Plovdiv.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The incident involved US military who, mistakenly, stormed vegetable oil production workshop during a NATO military exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened on May 11, but the US embassy said it only learned about the incident on May 28<sup>th<\/sup>. The diplomatic mission apologized for the incident and promised to co-operate in the investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe US Army takes training seriously and prioritizes the safety of our soldiers, our allies, and civilians. We sincerely apologize to the business and its employees,\u201d the embassy said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The owner of the workshop, Marin Dimitrov, told Bulgaria\u2019s state radio that his seven workers continue to feel stressed by the invasion of the soldiers and that he intends to seek his rights in court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Footage from the factory\u2019s security cameras showed seven US soldiers armed with assault rifles and moving in fire teams to secure the facility, with no resistance from the workers. After finding no \u2018enemy\u2019 combatants, the Americans left.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oops! | US soldiers mistakenly storm Bulgarian factory\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6WufkAPeoMA?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The incursion was made by soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, who strayed outside the designated area of the exercise at the Cheshnegirovo Air Base, where they trained in \u201centering and clearing multiple bunkers and structures across the airfield.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exercise is titled \u201cSwift Response 21\u201d. It was a US Army-led multinational exercise involving more than 7,000 paratroopers from 10 NATO allies.\u00a0<strong>Surprisingly, it wasn\u2019t supposed to involve raiding civilian businesses, but surprises happen, just like in war.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Caretaker Minister of Defence, Georgi Panayotov, gave a briefing at which he stated that no violence had been used by the military in Cheshnegirovo \u2013 they had ordered the workers in the workshop only to sit down.<\/p>\n<p>Cheshnegirovo air base is located near Bulgaria\u2019s village of Cheshnegirovo.<\/p>\n<p>Bulgarian President Rumen Radev demanded an investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe exercises with our allies on the territory of Bulgaria should contribute to building security and trust in collective defense, not breed tension\u201d, he said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is inadmissible to have the lives of Bulgarian citizens disturbed and put at risk by military formations, whether Bulgarian or belonging to a foreign army,\u201d said President Rumen Radev, talking to Minister of Defense Georgi Panayotov and Lieutenant General Lyubcho Todorov, Commander of the Joint Forces Command.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Commenting on the raid by American soldiers of a production workshop near Cheshnegirovo during a military exercise, President Radev stated he expects a thorough investigation into the incident, disclosure of the names of the officials responsible and a review of the organization and safety measures.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe exercises with our allies on the territory of Bulgaria should contribute to building security and trust in collective defence, not breed tension,\u201d the President said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Bulgarian military is currently investigating why information about the US incursion remained hidden from the public for almost two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Georgi Panayotov, Bulgaria\u2019s envoy to the UN and currently also the country\u2019s acting defense minister, said during a media conference that there was no attempt to cover-up the incident.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/zero-dark-failure-nato-troops-mistakenly-raid-food-workshop-in-bulgaria-during-exercise\/\">https:\/\/southfront.org\/zero-dark-failure-nato-troops-mistakenly-raid-food-workshop-in-bulgaria-during-exercise\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZERO DARK FAILURE: NATO TROOPS MISTAKENLY RAID FOOD WORKSHOP IN BULGARIA (VIDEO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}