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Argentina launches naval campaign to isolate Falkland Islands
Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8:28PM GMT 05 Dec 2011 | By Fergus MacErlean

Posted on 12/05/2011 2:56:23 PM PST by DeaconBenjamin

Argentina has launched a naval campaign to isolate the Falkland Islands that has seen it detain Spanish fishing vessels on suspicion of breaking the country’s “blockade” of the seas around the British territories.

Argentine patrol vessels have boarded 12 Spanish boats, operating under fishing licences issued by the Falkland Islands, for operating “illegally” in disputed waters in recent weeks.

Argentine patrol commanders carrying out interceptions near the South American coast told Spanish captains they were in violation of Argentina’s “legal” blockade of sea channels to the Falklands.

The warning has been backed up in a letter to Aetinape, the Spanish fishing vessels association from the Argentine embassy in Madrid warning boats in the area that “Falklands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and adjoining maritime spaces are an integral part of the Argentine territory.”

President Cristina Kirchner has adopted a steadily more belligerent stance towards Britain’s South Atlantic possessions.

A newly formed gathering of South American nations meeting in Venezeula backed Argentina’s sovereignty demands at the weekend.

Argentina’s claim over the Falklands was backed by a newly formed block of South American and Caribbean countries, CELAC, on Saturday with unanimous approval. Mrs Kirchner used the last UN General Assembly meeting to put Argentina’s claims of sovereignty over the Falklands on a par with Palestinian claims to statehood.

But it is the Falklands economic lifeline that has been most affected by Argentinian manoeuvring.

It announced permits were required by all ships using Argentine waters en route to the Falklands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, all of which are UK controlled.

Argentina declared vessels were “operating illegally” in the South Atlantic if they did not request permission to enter Argentine waters. The authorities declared their willingness “to put an end to all those illegal fishing activities”.

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To: DeaconBenjamin; BfloGuy

The commie in Buenos Aires needs a distraction


41 posted on 12/05/2011 4:21:15 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: OldNavyVet

beginning to smell??

They are led by a radical leftists for many years, they have taken control of media and schools which put out propaganda.

This is not new.


42 posted on 12/05/2011 4:22:56 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: DeaconBenjamin; mickie
I'll bet Captain Harry Wales is suiting up and washing and waxing his helicopter as we speak....er, type.

Leni

43 posted on 12/05/2011 4:27:30 PM PST by MinuteGal
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To: DeaconBenjamin

If England has decided that they no longer need to project their military more than 10 metres (as they say) beyond their coast, then they don’t deserve to keep those islands, as they are nowhere close to being up to the fight.

Game over...just keep stripping down and giving your underwear to your newly-arrived immigrants, who hold the knives and guns (and judges) to get whatever they need from you wimps.


44 posted on 12/05/2011 4:42:32 PM PST by BobL ("Heartless" and "Inhumane" FReepers for Cain - we've HAD ENOUGH)
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To: blam

I wonder if that was one of the reasons Obozo waffled on the pipeline.


45 posted on 12/05/2011 4:51:59 PM PST by meatloaf (I've had it with recycling politicians in any way shape or form. Toss 'em out!)
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To: MinuteGal

“I’ll bet Captain Harry Wales is suiting up and washing and waxing his helicopter as we speak....er, type.”

In actuality, I believe Prince William is about to have a tour of duty in the new year in the Falkland Islands. So indeed, royalty will be present there, possibly during further provocations on the part of Argentina. Will be interesting to keep one beady royal watching eye on this situation.


46 posted on 12/05/2011 5:07:04 PM PST by flaglady47 (When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Forget E-Cat; just harness the rotational force from Admiral Lord Nelson’s casket. You could power a nation!


47 posted on 12/05/2011 5:07:26 PM PST by NonValueAdded (At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

I can see messing with the British. But dragging Spain into it seems to be a rather stupid move on the part of the Argentines.


48 posted on 12/05/2011 5:13:15 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Mr. Lucky

True, if Great Britain has a credible naval threat nearby, backed up with air power, Argentina is setting itself up for another old fashioned whuppin’.


49 posted on 12/05/2011 6:44:41 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: MarkL

Well, THAT’S different. In the hands of Islamists, nuclear weapons mean something else altogether.

In the hands of RATIONAL people, probably not.


50 posted on 12/05/2011 6:46:06 PM PST by rlmorel ("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Send a team from the RN//SBS into Argentina, grab Kirchener, bring her back to London, and imprison her in the Tower of London, where the tourists could pay £10 to throw rotten vegetables at her.


51 posted on 12/05/2011 6:46:23 PM PST by reg45 (I'm not angry that Lincoln freed the slaves. I'm angry that Franklin Roosevelt bought them back.)
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To: In Maryland

A Royal Navy torpedo might have a sobering effect on the Argentine Navy ala General Belgrano.


52 posted on 12/05/2011 6:59:55 PM PST by Nebr FAL owner (.308 reach out & thump someone .50 cal.Browning Machine gun reach out & crush someone)
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To: Nebr FAL owner

Try 5 submarines off the coast of Argentina with Harpoon missiles. Plus Typhoons running air support and ASM from the Falklands.


53 posted on 12/05/2011 7:04:15 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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To: MeganC

The Brits won’t nuke Argentina over the Falklands period . The Argentinians aren’t totally stupid so they won’t commit atrocities against the folks on the islands.

The Royal Navy still has nuclear submarines with torpedoes, cruise missiles,lock out chambers for Royal Navy Special Boat Squadron commando’s that the Brits can use to basically play havoc with the Argentinian maritime assets of all descriptions and sizes.


54 posted on 12/05/2011 7:07:50 PM PST by Nebr FAL owner (.308 reach out & thump someone .50 cal.Browning Machine gun reach out & crush someone)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

I thought this was a 20 year-old article. Great Britain needs to send a sub down there for some live-fire exercises.


55 posted on 12/05/2011 7:22:19 PM PST by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: Mr. Lucky

“...whatever Cunard has sailing near Southampton ...”

Is Cunard still around?

I thought they merged with Aer Lingus and became ....uh...they became cu ... um......never mind.


56 posted on 12/05/2011 7:29:20 PM PST by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
Oil. It's all about the oil.

US Refuses To Endorse British Sovereignty in Falklands Oil Dispute
Times Online UK ^ | February 25, 2010 | Giles Whittell and James Bone

Washington refused to endorse British claims to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands yesterday as the diplomatic row over oil drilling in the South Atlantic intensified in London, Buenos Aires and at the UN. Despite Britain’s close alliance with the US, the Obama Administration is determined not to be drawn into the issue. It has also declined to back Britain’s claim that oil exploration near the islands is sanctioned by international law, saying that the dispute is strictly a bilateral issue.

57 posted on 12/05/2011 7:34:28 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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To: AppyPappy
Try 5 submarines off the coast of Argentina with Harpoon missiles. Plus Typhoons running air support and ASM from the Falklands.

And more importantly, Tomahawks. Remember that while the "Black Buck" missions with the Vulcans were targeted at taking out Argie radar sites on the island and cutting the Stanley airfield, they had a strategic purpose in showing the Argies that their mainland could be bombed from Ascension Island.

While the carriers are a big loss to the UK for projecting power, a Second Falklands War would be a completely different affair than the first. You'd see full-up RN submarine interdiction of Argie commerce, attacks on mainland Argentina with TLAMs and the much larger British Army garrison on the Falklands themselves put up a hell of a lot bigger fight.

My guess is that between sea-based commerce to them being halted AND having Buenos Aires' powergrid dropped the Argie leadership would quickly have MUCH bigger problems to deal with than trying to take/keep the Falklands.
58 posted on 12/05/2011 7:56:45 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: DeaconBenjamin

“Don’t make us come back there and kick your ass again, Argies.”


59 posted on 12/05/2011 8:21:24 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: bunkerhill7

Spain still harbors hopes of taking back Gibraltar..


60 posted on 12/06/2011 6:49:49 AM PST by ken5050 (Support Admin Mods: Doing the tough, hard, dirty jobs that Americans won't do...)
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