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Deminers recover over a thousand mines in Falklands
MORE than a thousand mines have been recovered and destroyed by deminers working in the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Island Demining Programme Office (FIDPO) was established in Stanley in early October 2009. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI notice the massive silence by Malvinists and the Jerkner government over this issue! Joint cooperation over clearing your own mines would too much of an admission of guilt over 1982.
Mar 15th, 2010 - 09:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hmmm So Argentina claims the islands lays 20,000 mines but refuses to clear them, So if they are your islands, shouldn't you be clearing them of the filthy mess you left in 1982, or is this an admission that you have no interest in them other than for political reasons? Or just simply reasons you cannot explain.
This is just one more piece of evidence in a long line of outrages that propells the Falklanders further from Argentina and any hope of reconcilliation that Argentina could have with the Islanders.
Tragic and disgraceful that a supposed democracy could behave in such a childish manner towards such a small community. It's no wonder that worldwide Argentina is mocked in diplomatic circles as the angry spoilt child :)
I couldn't of said it better myself.
Mar 16th, 2010 - 08:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0Funny how the Croatians and Serbs help clear the mines is Bosnia.
Guess people are just more humaine in Europe.
Perhaps we should send Argentina an invoice. Better still, do it via the UN or the European Parliment and see if they come to the table to negotiate payment. I think they would decline.
Mar 18th, 2010 - 02:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Indeed, war reparations from Argentina to the F.I. for the '82 invasion are seriously overdue!
Mar 19th, 2010 - 05:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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