US troops hoping to go home over Thanksgiving and Christmas may be feeling less cheerful ahead of the White House’s planned operations in Venezuela. Soldiers based in the Caribbean have been told their holiday plans might be interrupted, with Southcom, the US combat command responsible for South and Central America, announcing leave will be restricted in preparation for land strikes in South America. It comes amid Operation Southern Spear, headed up by General Dan Caine, which has seen military forces concentrate in the Caribbean to stop the flow of drugs into America. Warships and coast guard vessels have been in...
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