Falkland Islanders to hold referendum over sovereignty

[Lancer]

Well you see when it's an island in the middle of the South Atlantic where Argentine people never actually lived, then its a little questionable to suddenly decide you're going to evict people whose families have lived there for centuries just because you think their skin is the wrong colour. It's almost like there might be a word to describe that..



I am personally yes, although lots of people are not.

Well, cheers, I am too.

[kentonio]

Argentine fury at frigate’s gunfire

The firing of a Royal Navy frigate’s guns off the Falkland Islands was part of routine military exercises, the UK insisted after Argentina lodged a formal complaint over what it called a “provocation”.

British c harge d’affaires in Buenos Aires Richard Barlow was handed a formal letter of protest after being summoned over the alleged attempt to ” demonstrate the British warship’s firepower”.

It is the latest diplomatic salvo in the long-running dispute over the sovereignty of the British overseas territory, which Argentina calls Las Malvinas, which has re-erupted in recent years under the presidency of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

HMS Iron Duke last month fired 136 shells during a day of high-explosive training in San Carlos Water and Falkland Sound – the scene 32 years ago of the landings to retake the islands from the Argentinians.

The Portsmouth-based warship, which is in the latter stages of a six-month Atlantic deployment, teamed up with the islands’ Roulement Infantry Company and 148 (Meiktila) Battery Royal Artillery for the combined Army-Navy exercise.

A statement issued through the Argentine embassy said the live firing ” constitutes a further provocation on the part of the United Kingdom Government in an attempt to demonstrate the British warship’s firepower.

“The exercises also involved a British infantry company which is part of the permanent illegal military occupation of the Malvinas Islands.”

It went on: ” The Argentine Republic rejects in the strongest possible terms the execution of naval and military exercises in an Argentine territory that is illegally occupied by the UK.

“This act constitutes an unjustified show of force. It also demonstrates a wilful disregard for numerous resolutions made by the United Nations and other international bodies that call on both Argentina and the UK to resume negotiations to find a peaceful and definitive solution to the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas Islands.”

It said it was ” further proof of a systematic policy to entirely disregard UN resolutions.”

An MoD spokesan said: “Royal Navy warships undertake regular training in the use of their weapon systems.

“The gunfire exercise conducted by HMS Iron Duke in the Falkland Islands took place some weeks ago in October and was part of a routine training schedule planned long in advance. There is no change to the UK’s defence posture in the South Atlantic.”

The Foreign Office said the incident was the third time this year that one of its diplomats had been summoned by the Argentinian authorities.

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/pi...gates-gunfire/

Lol, suck it *****es.

[kentonio]

Jon Miller

[Sava]

yay, your country is acting like North Korea

CONGRATS YOU DIP****

[kentonio]

Actually they're acting like any sensible nation who want to reinforce the message to an aggressive neighbour that military action would be a deeply unwise idea (thus helping to avoid any actual future bloodshed), but you keep beating that drum.

[Sava]

nope

****ing idiot

[regexcellent]

If you can't tell the difference between routine training exercises versus mortaring civilians and sinking warships then you're the ****ing idiot.

[Sava]

[Sava]

i figured kentonio

but i guess you are just THAT bloodthirsty

[Lorizael]

Maybe he is a conservative after all.

[Sava]

it's always awesome when I hit an innocent bystander

[Hauldren Collider]

I find it highly amusing that there are about as many british armed forces on the island as their are actual islanders.

A while back I looked into what you'd have to do to visit the falkland islands. It's really difficult. There's only three flights a week, two from the UK via Ascension Island and one via Chile.

[Sava]

doesn't confirm genetics or if its cultural

[Sava]

honestly, twins are the devil and you two should fight it out
loser dies

ming and rah too

fraternal twins i'd let slide

but only if it's a male female pair and they have to have sex... with me having the option of watching... well, and doing the woman first, I suppose, cuz i don't want her brothers jizz on my dick
(with birth control, don't worry)

[Dinner]

Sava... Wow, just wow.