Falkland Islanders to hold referendum over sovereignty

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Jon Miller

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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.

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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.

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Racist as well...

X-Post!

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And you are a homophobe. And a misogynist. IIRC, you couldn't handle the fact that American women had their own minds and independence (some of us have known you for a long time!), and so shipped out to find a country whose values are still based on the 'traditional' subservient woman in the kitchen model that you prefer - the fact that they need the money helps too, I guess so you can control them even more...

You're a homophobic, misogynistic and controlling old man with a penchant for young girls who revels in the power being an American in a third world country brings...

Those are simply the facts and if it's a mutually convenient arrangement, well good for you...

No, I'm not. I chose to marry a Filipina, my wife of 17 years, because I could not find in the US a woman who shared my values. Those are, God, family, faithfulness. While I don't doubt there are such women there, I had no luck. The homophobic bit I've already answered. Poly picks on everyone, its people tear every virtue down. Can I not pick on people like you do, for no reason other than I feel like it? Because they could use a good picking on? Sorry if it hit close to home MOB.

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No, the Malvinas is populated by the descendants of colonialist Brits. The Argentines have a few non Italian, non German brown people, I'm pretty sure.

Do you guys not believe in the Brits colonialist past? Here I thought the Japanese were bad for denying WW2 war crimes.

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..

If so, I'm sure you guys are BIG supporters of Israel, yes?

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

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You know we gave Ireland back nearly a hundred years ago, right?

Yeah, I'm proud of 'we'. So when you going to remove the colonialists from the Falklands and give them back? Or does might make right? Or, who currently lives there make right? If so, I'm sure you guys are BIG supporters of Israel, yes?

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The Falklands being populated by brown people?

No, the Malvinas is populated by the descendants of colonialist Brits. The Argentines have a few non Italian, non German brown people, I'm pretty sure.

Do you guys not believe in the Brits colonialist past? Here I thought the Japanese were bad for denying WW2 war crimes.

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You know we gave Ireland back nearly a hundred years ago, right?

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Might just prefer it over the Brits.

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What bugs me is this group has a tougher time taking a joke than most. Really I'm getting the Brits and their one sided anti brown South Americanism.

The Falklands being populated by brown people?

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I'm not homophobic! Butt, go ahead and have your way.

What bugs me is this group has a tougher time taking a joke than most. Really I'm getting the Brits and their one sided anti brown South Americanism. You look real good at Ireland. The Brits don't even like the Irish controlling Ireland, imagine if the Argentinians controlled it?

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Oh, I guess I missed my calling! I respect the gays choice of...whatever. None of my business really. Also Apolyton for providing gays a place to be gay, to repeatedly proclaim their gayness, and how proud they are and how victimized. Got a lot of respect for Poly making a sophisticated, modern, Lifestyle choice. Yeah! Freedom of choice, a cornerstone of democracy, and I've stood long hours of guard for democracy.

I'm doing pretty well actually, even though I've never sold a human being in all my days. Adopting 2, boy and girl, brother and sister. Great kids, wonderful. I love these children, and nothing NAMBLA about it. I feel like I'm finally doing something truly holy. Forget contributions, forget religious teaching, kids. Kids. That's where life begins. I just wish I wasn't so old. Like to see them get established. Still, I'm teaching triangles and squares and stars, great stuff. Give them a true childhood like I never had. Now that's what I'm up to, how about you?

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Paging Tupac, Tupac Shakur to the Falklands thread

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Shouldn't you be off selling Filipino women to aging American males rather than here being homophobic and supporting the wars of former military juntas?