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WORLD NEWS Monday 7 February 2022
Ex-US envoy: U.S. groups need to stop interfering in Canada

By ROB GILLIES end. Participants roasted
Associated Press hotdogs and doled out
TORONTO (AP) — A former baked goods under tarps,
U.S. ambassador to Cana- while two men on horse-
da said groups in the U.S. back traipsed through the
need to cease interfering town, one carrying a flag
in what many call an occu- in support of former U.S.
pation in Canada's capi- President Donald Trump.
tal as protesters opposed Residents of Ottawa are fu-
to vaccine mandates and rious at the nonstop blaring
COVID-19 restrictions held of horns, traffic disruption
rallies in cities across the and harassment and fear
country in a show of solidar- no end is in sight. Ottawa's
ity with a week-long dem- embattled police chief is
onstration in Ottawa. calling it a "siege" that he
"Under no circumstances can't manage.
should any group in the The "freedom truck convoy"
USA fund disruptive activi- has attracted support from
ties in Canada. Period. Full Trump and many Republi-
stop," Bruce Heyman, a for- cans. "The Freedom Con-
mer U.S. ambassador under voy is peacefully protesting
President Barack Obama, the harsh policies of far left
tweeted late Saturday. lunatic Justin Trudeau who
After crowdfunding site A Donald Trump supporter protests in support of a trucker convoy protesting COVID-19 restrictions, has destroyed Canada
GoFundMe said it would at Queen's Park in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. with insane Covid man-
refund or redirect to chari- Associated Press dates," Trump said in a
ties the vast majority of mil- statement released Friday.
lions raised by demonstra- But GoFundMe had al- cause." Texas Sen. Ted Cruz viser to Prime Minister Justin In Toronto a couple hun-
tors protesting COVID-19 ready changed its mind said on Fox News the Cana- Trudeau. dred health-care workers
measures in the Canadian and said it would be issuing dian "government doesn't In Canada's largest city, and supporters marched
capital, prominent U.S. Re- refunds to all. GoFundMe have the right to force you Toronto, police set up road from the University of Toron-
publicans like Florida Gov. said it cut off funding for to comply to their arbitrary blocks throughout down- to to Hospital Row just south
Ron DeSantis complained. the organizers because it mandates." town, preventing any pro- of the legislature. They held
"It is a fraud for @gofund- had determined the effort Heyman said Republicans testers in trucks or cars from placards reading, "free-
me to commandeer $9M violated the site's terms of are more publicly con- getting near the provincial dumb" and "N95 masks for
in donations sent to sup- service due to unlawful ac- cerned about events in legislature, which is near all."
port truckers and give it to tivity. Ontario Premier Doug Canada than Russia. where five major hospitals Demonstrators also gath-
causes of their own choos- Ford is calling it an occupa- "For some senior Ameri- are located. And police ered in Quebec City, and
ing," DeSantis tweeted. tion. can politicians, patriotism later moved in to clear a Winnipeg, Manitoba, but
He added he would in- Texas Attorney General means renting a mob to key intersection in the city. they dispersed and police
vestigate these decep- Ken Paxon tweeted: "Pa- put a G-7 capital under No protest remains. in those cities said they
tive practices and donors triotic Texans donated to siege," tweeted Gerald Thousands descended in have learned lessons from
should be given a refund. Canadian truckers' worthy Butts, a former senior ad- Ottawa again on the week- Ottawa's predicament. q

U.S. airborne infantry troops arrive in Poland amid tensions

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Gen. Christopher Dona- ders of Ukraine, some for
and CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI hue, who on Aug. 30 was joint military exercises in
RZESZOW-JASIONKA, Po- the last American soldier to Belarus, but insists it has
land (AP) — A few dozen leave Afghanistan. no intentions of invading
elite U.S troops and equip- "Our national contribution Ukraine.
ment were seen landing here in Poland shows our A collective response by
Sunday in southeastern Po- solidarity with all of our al- NATO members is "the best
land near the border with lies here in Europe and, ob- response to a threat, the
Ukraine, following President viously, during this period of only method of assuring se-
Joe Biden's orders to de- uncertainty, we know that curity to Poland and to oth-
ploy 1,700 soldiers there we are stronger together," er NATO countries on the
amid fears of a Russian in- Donahue said at the air- alliance's eastern flank,"
vasion of Ukraine. port. Blaszczak said.
Hundreds more infantry In Warsaw, Polish Defense He stressed he has held a
troops of the 82nd Airborne Minister Mariusz Blaszczak number of talks on the sub- U.S. Army troops of the 82nd Airborne Division unloading vehi-
Division are still expected hailed the deployment, ject with U.S. Secretary of cles from a transport plane after arriving from Fort Bragg, at the
Rzeszow-Jasionka airport in southeastern Poland, Sunday, Feb.
to arrive at the Rzeszow- saying that "deterrence Defense Lloyd Austin. 6, 2022.
Jasionka airport, 90 kilome- and solidarity are the best Biden ordered addition- Associated Press
ters (56 miles) from Poland's response to Moscow's ag- al U.S. troops deployed
border with Ukraine. A U.S. gressive policy, to the ag- to Poland, Romania and Russia and Ukraine. NATO's hours and conduct para-
Army Boeing C-17 Globe- gressive attempt at recon- Germany to demonstrate eastern member Poland chute assaults to secure
master plane brought a structing the Russian em- to both allies and foes borders both Russia and key objectives. Based in
few dozen troops and ve- pire." America's commitment to Ukraine. Romania borders Fort Bragg, North Carolina,
hicles. Russia has amassed some NATO's eastern flank amid Ukraine. The division can the division's history goes
Their commander is Maj. 100,000 troops on the bor- rising tensions between rapidly deploy within 18 back to 1917. q