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Argentina denounces British ‘pirates’ after oil discovery in Falklands waters
times on line ^ | 5/7/10 | Declan McGarvey, Buenos Aires and Robin Pagnamenta, Energy Editor

Posted on 05/07/2010 6:00:41 PM PDT by Nachum

Argentina has threatened to defend its “rights and interests” after the first sizeable discovery of oil in disputed waters off the Falkland Islands, a find that has racheted up tensions with Britain.

Jorge Taiana, Argentina’s Foreign Minister, declared that British actions in the region were “illegal” and “unilateral” and warned that his country would take all possible lawful steps to impede British oil exploration and production there.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: argentina; british; denounces; pirates
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1 posted on 05/07/2010 6:00:41 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Maybe Hillary! could mediate?? She really alienated many Brits when she suggested that Argentina should talk to Britain about the Falklands. The Falklands are BRITISH. The people who live there are BRITISH.


2 posted on 05/07/2010 6:02:16 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: Nachum
Gee I wonder which side the US will favor?

Rhetorical question.

3 posted on 05/07/2010 6:05:24 PM PDT by AU72
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To: originalbuckeye

I thought the Brits were muslim, like the rest of Europe.


4 posted on 05/07/2010 6:05:59 PM PDT by Frenchtown Dan
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To: Nachum

Anybody here remember that Johnny Carson joke about the last conflict?
It went something like:
You can tell the Argentinian Army is gearing up for war, they were seeing installing back-up lights on their tanks.


5 posted on 05/07/2010 6:07:02 PM PDT by elpinta (Jer. 10:23)
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The Falkland's are more than 200 miles offshore from Argentina.

Note to Argentinians “Piss Off Wankers “

6 posted on 05/07/2010 6:07:15 PM PDT by troy McClure
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To: Nachum

Greedy amigos coming after daneros ASAP


7 posted on 05/07/2010 6:07:20 PM PDT by J Edgar
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To: Nachum

Argentina’s only claim to the Falklands is that they’re kinda nearby. It would be much akin to us claiming Bermuda, just cause it’s there.


8 posted on 05/07/2010 6:07:40 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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Guess they forget their last lesson...


9 posted on 05/07/2010 6:10:35 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: AU72

Argentina is a Chavez whore...Obama loves Chavez...Brits hate the US. The Brits, when they were still a country, could take a stand and kick the shi’ite out of Argentina. But now they have Sharia law so who knows.


10 posted on 05/07/2010 6:11:02 PM PDT by rrrod
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To: Nachum

Hey Argies! You want some more of this? Come and get it!

11 posted on 05/07/2010 6:16:53 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Nachum

Thats kinda funny


12 posted on 05/07/2010 6:39:45 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
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To: AU72

The Arab side.


13 posted on 05/07/2010 6:41:16 PM PDT by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: Nachum

Where have you gone Maggie Thatcher, the world turns its lonely eyes to you, wo wo wo.

Enough with the metro-sexual appeasers. The west needs real backbones and real integrity.

Anyone remember how the Harriers made monkeys out of the Argentine AF in the first Falklands War?


14 posted on 05/07/2010 7:14:52 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there.)
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To: Nachum
With this kind of oil found my guess is the Tines will go whining to the world court first. The Brits will fight for this and even if every country in SA joins them.
15 posted on 05/07/2010 7:16:02 PM PDT by Recon Dad ( USMC SSgt Patrick O - 3rd Afghanistan Deployment - Day 199)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Would that we could find a good Thatcher here. Britain needs another one, too.


16 posted on 05/07/2010 7:27:12 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: Nachum
Stupid Argentinos. If they had any brains at all, they would try to work with the Brtis, set up infrastructure that could support a British oil extraction effort, and probably make more money from servicing the oil wells than the British make from the oil.

But noooooooooo, the Tinos are so locked into their stupidity and entitlement culture, they are like a bunch of whiny little brats.

If they do go to war again, I hope the Brits don't just sink the Tinos fleet, but drop some bombs on Buenos Aires. What a bunch of maroons.

17 posted on 05/07/2010 7:59:45 PM PDT by Left2Right ("Starve the Beast!")
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To: Frenchtown Dan

Only if you believe myth and crap.


18 posted on 05/08/2010 1:53:41 AM PDT by the scotsman
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To: rrrod

We do not hate America or Americans.


19 posted on 05/08/2010 1:54:06 AM PDT by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

Not so fast, think about it.

They are breeding like rats. The number one name for a boy in Britain used to be Jack. Now it’s Mohammed.

No Joke.


20 posted on 05/08/2010 5:16:41 AM PDT by Frenchtown Dan
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