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Malvinas conflict former soldiers' claim to pension denied by Supreme Court for lack of combat evidence

Wednesday, July 8th 2015 - 07:02 UTC
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Argentina's Supreme Court in what is considered a lead case on Tuesday ruled contrary to Malvinas war pensions for the former soldiers who served with the Eighth Mechanized Infantry regiment, based in Comodoro Rivadavia during the 1982 conflict, because they were never involved in combat or participated in the Military Operations Theatre. Read full article

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  • Skip

    Betts

    LOL

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 12:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ilsen

    All betts are off...

    Lol!

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 01:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • chronic

    So they're lying - what's new?

    Reeeekie writes: “Here It is, all the issues of a nation of forty-some million people explained in just seven words. We are all liars.”

    http://en.mercopress.com/2015/05/15/cristina-fernandez-comes-out-strongly-in-defense-of-minister-kicillof

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 01:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • redp0ll

    REMFs

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 03:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @1, 2. Just to clarify, I have no particular interest in whether these argie dolts get a pension. But Betts was British at the time. He didn't put on an argie uniform so that he could, reasonably, be shot in the course of combat. As an admitted traitor, he could have been shot at the time. But he was allowed to run. For 33 years he has acted against his proper Head of State, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Let's set the real situation out. If he comes within range of a properly British person with a firearm, he can be shot as a traitor. No firearm? Bash him over the head with a hammer. Slide a suitable knife through his kidney. Whatever you want to do to remove the shame in a wash of Betts' blood. Don't forget to jump on him to force the blood out. Jump on his chest to break the ribs. Stop every so often so he can really feel the agony.

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 03:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pugol-H

    @4 redp0ll
    Never mind “Rear Echelon”, these guys weren’t even in theatre.

    But Bettsy boy was, so he gets paid all those Argy tax Pesos.

    You have to hand it to him, he makes/has made and very good living out of the Argy Tax Payer.

    Hard life, and all that in Argentina, but not for him it would seem.

    Positively the land of milk and honey.

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 03:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • golfcronie

    Only in Argentina HaHaHa.

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 03:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • The_troLLimpic_games

    Meanwhile in NorthAmoland one little glitch has brought their entire stock system, aviation routes, and press to a halt!

    And in EUialand, one little country threatens to bring down all the others including the UK.

    And these idiots worry about some court case about veteran pensions. hahahahahahah

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 05:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • redp0ll

    Bettsy the con man plays Argentina for a Patsy. Will he dare show his face in Montevideo as a parlasur delegate?

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • CaptainSilver

    Who let Nostril out? Get him back in the padded cell NOW!

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 06:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    @ 9 redp0ll
    “Will he dare show his face in Montevideo as a parlasur delegate?”

    If he does I would LOVE to meet him, honestly Guv!

    I have just the thing to show him. :o)

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 07:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    At least a few more argies now realise they were conned,

    if only the rest of argyland woke up..

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • The_troLLimpic_games

    @12

    Speaking of “conned” and “not waking up”

    “Rocketing housing costs in Britain's capital have fuelled a surge in Londoners seeking cheaper accommodation on boats, with increased numbers putting pressure on the city's historic network of rivers and canals.”

    “Yet even more expensive boats, which can cost over £100,000, are still a fraction of the average London house price of £500,000, up 11 percent in a year.”

    “Yet for many, waking up with ducks swimming by the window, and the freedom and sociability of the pretty tree-lined waterways compensate for downsides like emptying toilet tanks, trudging the towpath to do laundry or fetch gas cylinders, and vulnerability to thieves.”

    “London private rents have increased to cost almost half the average salary.”

    Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-flood-of-londoners-take-to-boats-to-escape-rising-housing-costs-2015-7#ixzz3fKcTwwHK

    British economic miracle I presume...

    Oh dear, I can't wait for this house of cards to tumble down! (and it will, AGAIN)

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 08:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Britworker

    @13

    You're gonna have a long wait Mr

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3039222/Boost-Tories-UK-economy-overtakes-France-second-largest-EU.html

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 08:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Englander

    “Lack of combat evidence”
    Most did give up without a fight but only after realising that they had been told a load of lies and that the Falkland Islands were in reality British Sovereign territory.

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 08:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • PDG0192

    @13: as opposed to the South American Miracle, that the economy is still “going strong”!!!! It's always been that way in the UK, house prices have always been just out of reach, but in London they've always been waaaaay out of reach to normal people.
    It's not news, dick. What has it got to do with soldiers not being entitled to pensions? Betts gets one and he wasn't even a soldier! They usually shoot spies.

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 08:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • redp0ll

    @10 Warmer weather must be coming to Mendoza. Its when benthic animalcules rise to to their ephermeral day in the sun on the surface of the pond before extinction and sinking back into the ooze to be consumed by their other benthic Campora hungry colleagues.

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 09:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Don Alberto

    Poor, poor Toby writes: “London private rents have increased to cost almost half the average salary.”

    Meanwhile in Mendoza:
    Una persona destina hasta 50% de su sueldo para alquilar una vivienda (You need up to half your salary to rent a home).

    Poor Toby would have known had he lived in Mendoza.
    http://www.losandes.com.ar/article/video-una-persona-destina-hasta-50-de-su-sueldo-para-alquilar-una-vivienda-837622

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 09:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Mendoza Canadian

    I am sure their pensions will be approved if they become card-carrying members of La Campora.

    Jul 09th, 2015 - 01:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    Don't know what lond9n housing, has to do with argy soldiers,

    unless??

    they are thinking of buying some...lol

    Jul 09th, 2015 - 06:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ynsere

    In view of mounting evidence of sadistic treatment of Argentine “colimbas” (drafted recruits) by their officers, and not only in the Falklands, perhaps all former “colimbas” should get a pension.

    Jul 10th, 2015 - 02:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    Betts has certainly taken the Argy government for suckers.

    So, it would have benefitted the Argy soldiers if we had have hammered the mainland, including it in a theatre of operations and cost Argentina more money in handouts.

    Next time they try it on there will be many Argentine servicemen thanking the Brits, when the areas involved in combat operations are increased.............

    Jul 10th, 2015 - 12:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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