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Argentina demands turnover of Falklands
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| April 3, 2010
Posted on 04/03/2010 11:43:48 AM PDT by JoeProBono
BUENOS AIRES, - Argentina marked the anniversary of the 1982 Falklands war with a parade, and the country's president says Britain should turn over the islands .
Argentina invaded the Falklands, claiming they were part of its sovereign territory, but a British counter-invasion defeated the Argentines, who lost 904 lives.
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivered a national address on the anniversary Friday from Ushuaia, which was the hub of the Argentine military operations during the 1982 conflict, The Times of London reported. Under Argentine law it is the capital of the region that encompasses the islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas, which lie some 340 miles out to sea.
Kirchner said Britain's claim of "sovereignty from a distance of 14,000 kilometers (about 8,700 miles) is not sustainable, neither historically, nor legally, nor geographically -- but, above all, it is not sustainable logically," The Times reported.
She added: "It's not an exercise of sovereignty but rather colonialism and probably the last such one. The question of the Malvinas is a stain that should be rubbed out."
After she spoke, war veterans held a march in Buenos Aires shouting, "Give us back our islands!" and "Out with the pirates!".
Hundreds of veterans and militant political groups gathered in the Buenos Aires banging drums and carrying sticks, finally converging on the British Embassy. Riot police were deployed to control them, The Times said.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: argentina; britain; falklands; jpb; latinamerica
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To: JoeProBono
Kenyan Obama has a grudge against the British Empire he was born into, so he will do his best to assist the Argentines.
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:36:26 PM PDT
by
devere
To: OldNavyVet
Here is the Defence Minister of Argentina
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:36:41 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
To: Perdogg
No kidding. Just being around Andy McNab’s colleagues
is scary, let alone pissing them off..
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:39:41 PM PDT
by
rahbert
(I snap my fingers at the foeman's taunts..")
To: JoeProBono
is not sustainable, neither historically, nor legally, nor geographically... But is sure was militarily!
BTW; Check out the Honor Guard officer. (the one with the sword)
Check out his eyes.
He wants to do her!
:)
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:42:47 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(Prezdet Obama is what you get when you let the O.J. jury select a president !)
To: ksm1
That didnt go over so well the last time... last time there was a conservative at 10 Downing St and in the White House.
it will soon be called the Mavinas...unless Britain and the US grow a pair...and I imagine that zer0 will back Argentina.
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:42:58 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
To: JoeProBono
The Spanish and the native peoples should demand Cristina Kirchner give back Argentina.
46
posted on
04/03/2010 12:43:17 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: JoeProBono
They got their asses handed to them last time. But that was then, and this is now. There isn’t any England anymore...
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:43:38 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: U S Army EOD
Nah, Christina is Straight.
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:45:29 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(Prezdet Obama is what you get when you let the O.J. jury select a president !)
To: Brad from Tennessee
I was in Argentina in Janaury and when you leave EZE for Buenos Aires along the Highway there is a billboard that say “Devolveramos a Las Malvinas”.
I was shocked to see it.
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:45:39 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
To: JoeProBono
As far as the Argentina President, Cristina Kirchner:
I'd hit it.
50
posted on
04/03/2010 12:45:41 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: Lazamataz
Not bad for someone pushing 60.
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:48:06 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
To: JoeProBono
I remember back in the summer of '82 pulling up next to a car at a light proudly waving an Argentine flag. I immediately pushed in my cassette from Last Night of the Proms and cranked up Rule Britannia as loud as my stereo would play.
They glared at me and I glared right back.
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:48:41 PM PDT
by
mgstarr
("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
To: Perdogg
If I was with her, I, too, would be pushing 60.
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:48:48 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: Vaquero
There is nothing than a politician loves more at reelection time is a chance to kick some ass.
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:49:06 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
When your administration is in real trouble and your country is F**ked up start a War, kill off a lot of your young men, it diverts attention, to no good purpose.
Rule Britannia!
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:50:04 PM PDT
by
Little Bill
(Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
To: JoeProBono
Jeez...won’t they ever learn? You can’t can’t win a war because your nation is unemployed.
Argentina should have quit when they were ahead. Life won’t treat them kindly, this time around.
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:52:43 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for my Army Hero grandson and the warrior goddess of the Coasties)
To: BarnacleCenturion
UGH! GACK! PTOOOIE! BARF!!! ROAWLF!
.
.
,
Need I say more?
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:54:51 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for my Army Hero grandson and the warrior goddess of the Coasties)
To: JoeProBono
To: Lazamataz
I am 60+, seconds.
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posted on
04/03/2010 12:55:33 PM PDT
by
Little Bill
(Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
To: ksm1
There is a big difference between Britain then
and Britain now
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