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Furious Malvinas war veterans attack lawmaker; claim they were ‘manipulated’

Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 20:16 UTC
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A group of Malvinas war veterans assaulted Tuesday evening an Argentine lawmaker as he exited Government House following President Cristina Fernandez Malvinas war “give peace a chance” speech. He had to be rescued by the police and driven away in his car. Read full article

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  • stick up your junta

    Give PEACE a chance :-)))))))

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg8rlSi5MlA

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 08:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Viva Las Falklands

    All a bit of an anti-climax really. After thirty years of being ignored the veterans are being used as a political football and getting a little upset. Bit sad.
    Ah well all is well in the world of Kirchner.

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 08:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Artillero 601

    Nice to see the Veterans not putting up with bullshit politics. Well done !

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    Oh dear,
    This is was not shown on TV was it,
    But will the argie bloggers be convinced,
    We shall see, will we not .
    .

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 09:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Artillero 601

    First page on the newspapers?

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 09:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    Veterans? Veteran cowards. Over 11,000 prisoners remember. Over 11,000 cowards that surrendered when faced with a couple of thousand British troops. Organisation should be renamed to ASS. The Argie Scared Sh*tless.

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 09:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Marcos Alejandro

    It was shown on TV and made it to the newspapers.
    Isn't Walter Reed the best US military hospital?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Reed_Army_Medical_Center_neglect_scandal

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 09:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • UKOwnsArgentina

    My research proves that Britain has had a continuous claim to Argentina since 1806. It is as relevant as the Argentine claim over the Falkland Islands and I propose the UK government take it to the UN.

    I propose an economic and shipping blockade by Latin America, Royal Navy harassment of Argentine shipping, the suspension of air links and constant ratcheting up of the rhetoric and tension, followed by a claim that Argentina is militarising itself in defence. And a call on the UN Security Council to take action against them.

    There we go. I am sure you can see our claim is as relevant as theirs.

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 09:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Braedon

    hmmm who to be sympathetic to, the self serving and corrupt to the core Kirchner minion, or the self pitying and delusional to the core thug who attacked him.

    meh who am i kidding, i can hold them both in contempt

    also a “kirchnerite youth movement”!? jesus christ argentina is even more f-cked up than i imagined

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 09:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Wireless

    The youth movement apparently marches about in uniforms and jack boots and shouts fascist slogans and sings an old pre-WW2 irredentist nationalistic and expansionist song based on lies and spin.

    Sounds familiar.

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 10:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • xbarilox

    Yeah, that's how you treat that big scum.

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 10:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ElaineB

    @10 Does Maximo have to have his uniform specially made? I doubt he could get one off the shelf.

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 10:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Marcos Alejandro

    UK Women Are Fattest In Europe, Figures Say

    http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16118079

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 11:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ElaineB

    What about Mr Maximo? And there are a lot of very short, very fat men in Argentina. As wide as they are tall; which is about 5' 2”.

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 11:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Crackpot

    @13 Marcos

    People who live in glass houses.......

    According to the WHO, there are more obese people in Argentina than in the UK, especially women. You might want to check the figures for yourself:

    http://www.who.int/countries/arg/en/
    http://www.who.int/countries/arg/en/

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 12:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Viscount Falkland

    Sounds as if the veterans would like to rename the pink palace as THE PINK ASYLUM. (El Refugio Rosa)

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 12:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • xbarilox

    @ 14 Hey Elaine, I'm 6 feet 5 inches tall not fat, and I find fat and short girls really atractive for many reasons. They are lovely in every single way. I'm in love with an English girl, she's a Bristolian, and she's kinda fat, but the prettiest one. Being fat doesn't mean you're ugly. Adele for example, don't people think she's really pretty? I don't know what's wrong with being fat except for the fact that it's not healthy if you are really fat, like someone who is obese. Marcos is a misogynist and Maximo is ugly for other reasons, he's a bad seed. Santa is fat and everybody loves him. Let the world be a big mac.

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 12:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Marcos Alejandro

    14 ElaineB True, but most of them are foreigners like the clown above.

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 02:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Suguler

    The problem with British women is that they are almost all thick and lazy; they watch X-Factor and trashy soaps and speak in godawful, crass accents, and dress like a cross between a whore, a hippo, and a clown. British women also don't allow their children to grow into adults, wanting to control them forever.

    Contrast the thick as pig-shit, brain-dead British female with the classy, stylish, and elegant Frenchwoman, or the sexy Spanish senorita, and it's just painful.

    British women are strangely asexual.

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 05:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • stick up your junta

    You argies love to bash the ladies,if they were bigger maybe the cowardly big tough argie men would pick on small children

    BUENOS AIRES – A total of 126 women died as a result of domestic violence in Argentina during the first half of this year, 40 percent more victims than during the same period in 2009, according to statistics published Wednesday by the organization La Casa del Encuentro.

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 06:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Crackpot

    @17: “British women are strangely asexual.”

    Only when it comes to you, Sugular.

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 08:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    @19Suguler,
    dress like a whore & are asexual, mmmmm
    Are you sure its not you, Suguler?

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 10:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    Once again the silly Argies show their contempt for the ladies,
    They are just jealous and envious,
    They can’t come up with any truths, so resort to insults,
    But where would you guys be without women, besides totally useless .
    .

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 01:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • zulu99

    I'd say there are some pretty hot British women - Kate Beckinsale, Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Kate and Pippa.....

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 02:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    I must admit I have wondered about the sexuality of some of the Argie bloggers - better not name names incase they start crying and whining again.
    :o)

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 03:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Artillero 601

    @24

    and Kate Winslet ...

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 03:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • anti-fascist2

    Former veterans manipulated, lets remind them of how useless they were -

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO-BOuIbBV8

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 04:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ElaineB

    @17 Nicely put.

    @18 LOL. Nope. Argentine through and through. The baggy jeans and t-shirt over their bulging-bellies seems to be the standard uniform of the local men. Maybe they model themselves on old butterball Maradona. The women seem to take better care of themselves.

    I do see foreigners when I jog in the parks but they look in pretty good shape to me, generally speaking.

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 04:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Marcos Alejandro

    @28 Elaine B
    The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
    “We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad”

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 05:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • fermin

    I can't have a lot of certainties, but one thing is for sure: the man who attacked the lawmaker belongs to an ultra-right-winger group of people who still think that the military junta we had to stand in Argentina was good and necessary.

    This man belongs to a group of people who supported and still support the ideas of those dictators we had, the same ones who planned the Argentinian military operation on the islands in 1.982

    FOR THOSE BRITISH ones that always complain about the argentinian anti-democratic Government attitude in 1982: what side are you now?? On the Cristina Fernandez Government side or on the side of this man who did this to give the media good material to talk and invent “manipulation”??? who supported that xenophobic argentinian nationalism in 1982?

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 07:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    19 Suguler

    British women, apart from Muslim ones with hairy lips, all have two legs.

    The four legged ones you have been trying to fcuk are genuine pigs.

    Feb 09th, 2012 - 09:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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