Argentina renews claim to our beloved Falkland Islands
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Argentina renews claim to our beloved Falkland Islands
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Might be a prudent move to up the garrison size and perhaps a few more F3s. Presumably land based radar should be able to spot incoming Arg a/c on take off so early warning should not be a problem. HMS Liverpool is FIGS at the moment.
Might be a prudent move to up the garrison size and perhaps a few more F3s. Presumably land based radar should be able to spot incoming Arg a/c on take off so early warning should not be a problem. HMS Liverpool is FIGS at the moment.
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This is only kicking off because Falklands Oil and Gas have finally secured a drilling rig, and can now start actually pumping the black stuff out of the ground around the islands.
That and the fact that Argentina is still in an economic s**thole, makes another invasion an 'easy' way of picking up all that revenue.
That and the fact that Argentina is still in an economic s**thole, makes another invasion an 'easy' way of picking up all that revenue.
Simple - Argentina v England in the World Cup and the winner keeps the islands.
Can't see what bennyfit a few more grunts and another brace of fag chariots would provide - Argentina ruled out military action several years ago. And where would the 'upped garrision' actually come from - Iraq or Afghanistan?
Can't see what bennyfit a few more grunts and another brace of fag chariots would provide - Argentina ruled out military action several years ago. And where would the 'upped garrision' actually come from - Iraq or Afghanistan?
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And where would the 'upped garrision' actually come from - Iraq or Afghanistan?
It would be easier to give each islander £1M each and a ticket to NZ
"From 1967 to 1973, British officials and military officers – in secret and for a secret fee of $14 million, paid by the U.S. military unlawfully (without Congressional authorization) – forcibly evicted, arrested, detained, deported, and excluded permanently from their homeland the entire indigenous citizen population of all 65 islands (every last man, woman, and child), an ethnic-cleansing which (as they secretly admitted at the time) violated the United Nations Charter and other U.S. and international law and, as a British Court ruled 30 years later, British domestic law as well (Nov. 3 2000)."
Hardly the same as bunging Bennies £1M and a one-way ticket each!
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/st...317945,00.html for more information on the scandalous treatment of the islanders of Diego Garcia.
Hardly the same as bunging Bennies £1M and a one-way ticket each!
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/st...317945,00.html for more information on the scandalous treatment of the islanders of Diego Garcia.
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on the scandalous treatment of the islanders of Diego Garcia.
Daede1 sorry mate that's cobblers, Desire Petroleum (who have a lot / most of the blocks around the FI) shares are still bumping along around £0.33 as they have done for ages. See here http://www.axlquotes.com/axl-dlls/pu...tml&SYMBOL=DES
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oops!
Started another thead before I saw this one.
Correct me someone if I am wrong but historically Argentina has never owed the Falklands/Malvinas.
I believe that they, the islands, were originally a Spanish outpost as was the "colony" of Argentina.
Spain ceded ownership and pulled out and a couple of RN frigates planted the flag as nobody else wanted them.
This was before Argentina was even an independant country. So consequently they have no claim under international law.
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Started another thead before I saw this one.
Correct me someone if I am wrong but historically Argentina has never owed the Falklands/Malvinas.
I believe that they, the islands, were originally a Spanish outpost as was the "colony" of Argentina.
Spain ceded ownership and pulled out and a couple of RN frigates planted the flag as nobody else wanted them.
This was before Argentina was even an independant country. So consequently they have no claim under international law.
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Originally Posted by Gainesy
And didn't the Garcians win an appeal to be allowed to return sometime in the last month?