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UK apologizes to Spain for “lack of judgement” incident in Gibraltar waters
Giles Paxman, Britain's ambassador to Madrid has apologized after the Royal Navy fired on a buoy bearing the red and yellow of the Spanish flag during target practice off Gibraltar. Read full article
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Nov 21st, 2009 - 11:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The No.1 Signal Flag is used throughout NATO in gunnery exercises, Spain is a member of NATO but they've failed to notice every single NATO nation follows the same practise and in all the gunnery exercises have never thought to bring this up before. Yeah right.
A manufactured incident, now gunnery exercises will be less safe as the “wrong” flag will be used. The UK Government should have told them to Spain to stop behaving like children.
This is really immature of Spain, I agree with you Justin. It was obviously someone onboard the Spanish boat that either didn't have a proper understanding of NATO regs or had a bone to pick. Britain should've just told them to take a swim, in fact, NATO should've been the ones to point that out to the Spanish.
Nov 21st, 2009 - 11:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0British goverments =thieves.
Nov 22nd, 2009 - 04:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0Give back the rock to its owner spain! And in back to the hole where you came from.
Jorge, dont be fanatic or anti-brit.. We have to be respectful about International Law, Spain gave Gibraltar with a Treaty (Utrecht).
Nov 22nd, 2009 - 11:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0Nitro querido, antes de hablar de ser respetuosos puertas afuera, hay que serlo puertas adentro y no llamar “kretina” a nuestra presidenta que es la máxima autoridad democráticamente electa de nuestro país. Primero nos respetamos nosotros adentro y después respetamos a los demás afuera, te parece?
Nov 24th, 2009 - 02:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0Saludos amigo.
Jorge, Kretina Kirchner is the shame of Argentina where only 20% of Arg accepted her. I am very proud with my country but I have a lot of Shame when foreing people ask me about our President.
Nov 26th, 2009 - 04:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0nitrojuan, at least you don't have Gordon Brown as Prime Minister. I know how you feel!
Nov 26th, 2009 - 04:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nitrojuan, el 45 % la voto hasta el 2011 asi que a bancarsela y respetarla!. Si no te gusta, votas a otro. Pero en el 2011. Eso se llama democracia y costo mucha sangre recuperarla. Si ganase macri te aseguro que no dura un año por que no hay democracia que lo aguante y a las malvinas las entrega con moño y todo.
Nov 27th, 2009 - 04:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0George, Menem end 10 years as president with 25% popularity, Kretina have 20% popularity in 2 years and De La Rua have more popularity in 2 years and have to go with a helicopter above de Casa Rosada, We havent to wait 2011. Julio Cobos president of transition, then Macri open mind & return to the world system.
Nov 28th, 2009 - 07:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0Justin & brad, the only manufacturing here is the chain of provocations RN & colony forces are trying to heat up the situation. Thanksfully RN has cooled after the 'shot flag' incident and left alone the colony forces to molest the spanish GC.
Dec 01st, 2009 - 11:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0BTW, FYI the Utrecht treaty only gives the rock & the port, neither the waters surrounding nor the isthmus (where the airport lays). So the colony and UK are not honoring the covenant/treaty.
Stop behaving like pirates. Oh, sorry, it is in gour gene pool.
Oh the pirate jibes, no anything but the pirate jibes, gadzooks, we tremble in the presence of a might intellect.
Dec 01st, 2009 - 11:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No.1 Signal Flag is a NATO flag, used by ALL NATO forces to signify a target. But in 27 years of NATO membership they've never noticed.
The only people being provocative are the Spanish making mountains out of mole hills and the Spanish GC intruding into Gibraltar waters. That the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht makes no mention of the 1982 Convenention on the Law of the Sea does not invalidate Gibraltar's territorial waters.
I understand what you mean Justin, calling us pirates really hurts. The first time I heard an Argentine call us that I couldnt stop laughing, very funny indeed. We should come up with a collective name for Argentines...what single word could summarise ...stupid enough to keep voting in corrupt politicians who steal from the public and use the Falklands as a distraction... Argentina really need to sort out their politics first. You should use the Falklands as a perfect example, democracy in work!
Dec 04th, 2009 - 09:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Actually thinking about it, stupid may have been a bit harsh! But still the comment stands!
Dec 04th, 2009 - 10:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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