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Flight Lt. Wales takes up his duties in the Falkland Islands

Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 17:25 UTC
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Flt Lt Wales has commenced his duties as an RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter pilot in the Falkland Islands providing Search and Rescue cover for both the civilian and military population. Read full article

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  • dreyfoss

    Britain sends nuclear sub to Falklands. Captain ordered to invaed Buenos Aires and fight his way to Casa Rosads to deliver picture of Queen and very strong letter to La Presidenta telling he to go up her Junta!
    This is war!
    Daily Mail hysterical !

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096265/Nuclear-sub-Falklands-patrol--flames-fury-continue-Argentina.html

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 02:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Lord Ton

    Britain should Tremble

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 04:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • johnfarrel2050

    Here we have the british pirate prince with his huge war vessel doing nonsense in the Malvinas Islands, that obviously belong to Argentina. William first needs to begin learning to work of something and stop travelling with the money of government. It´s very easy to travel around the world spending a lot of money and resources without making any effort to earn them. Obviously, if william does some charity it´s very good action but it´s very easy to do it with the money of others as in this case that the money is provided by the government only to improve his bad public image. William is clearly only a, pirate thief, paid by UK. Clearly, If he hadn´t all of this privileges, he would have to obtain a serious work and he would have to stop doing idiot things, for example, visiting and stealing argentine territories, among others.

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 05:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • dreyfoss

    The British should tremble - at least the british taxpayers should when they run that sub aground on some rock like they did the last one - or maybe the engineer will open a big valve in the engine room like the Endurance and sink it.
    What happened to the Endurance anyway? I heard they scrapped it.

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 05:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • TALDY

    ”With a clenched fist can not exchange a handshake¨.(MAHATMA GANDHI)

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 06:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • stick up your junta

    BUENOS AIRES – About 20,000 rounds of 22-caliber and 9 mm ammunition were stolen from an Argentine air force armory on the outskirts of this capital, the military said Wednesday.

    Whats spanish for bang bang

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 09:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    @TALDY,
    We don't want to shake your hand, Taldy.
    l like:-
    “trust in God, but keep your powder dry”- Oliver Cromwell.
    @3 johnfarrel2050,
    Please don't post anymore as you are obviously an idiot.
    Thank you.
    @4 dreyfoss,
    Endurance can't be scrapped or Argentina would want to buy it to join the rest of their junk!

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 10:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • johnfarrel2050

    @Isolde, It seems that You don´t like to hear the truth that everybody know. However, you must know that this “prince” it´s only a pirate clown (paid by UK) doing nonsense in territories which belong to Argentina. Everybody know his story. Obviously, it´s a very nice for him to travel around the world without working and making any effort to earn money. Please William work once in their life, don´t lie anymore with these travels, and other stupid things!!

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 02:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • UKOwnsArgentina

    6 stick up your junta (#)

    “BUENOS AIRES – About 20,000 rounds of 22-caliber and 9 mm ammunition were stolen from an Argentine air force armory on the outskirts of this capital, the military said Wednesday.”

    How probable is that?

    Maybe it is destined for a group of “fishermen”? Either way I don't hold out much hope of their survival.

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 03:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Rufus

    @1 Dreyfoss

    For god's sake don't take the Daily Wail seriously, no-one else does.

    To resort to the typical youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTu7GLfrmUI

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 04:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • stick up your junta

    @8
    Please William work once in their life, don´t lie anymore with these travels, and other stupid things!!

    Take your head out of ya arse

    William to the rescue as sailors are plucked from deadly seas

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066775/Prince-William-pilots-rescue-helicopter-dies-missing-Irish-Sea-boat-disaster.html#ixzz1lWgH42mM

    A Ministry of Defence spokesman explained the role played by Prince William, who is based at RAF Valley as a flight lieutenant trained in search and rescue work. He said. “It was a four-man crew – captain, co-pilot, radar operator and winchman – and he was the co-pilot. The weather conditions were described as extremely bad, with poor visibility and strong winds.”

    Prince William's third RAF rescue a week after wedding
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066775/Prince-William-pilots-rescue-helicopter-dies-missing-Irish-Sea-boat-disaster.html#ixzz1lWgH42mM
    The Duke of Cambridge has been involved in another rescue in Snowdonia, exactly a week after his wedding.

    Prince William was among the crew of a rescue helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey who saved a 46-year-old man stranded on Tryfan mountain on Friday.

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 04:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @3 Is it possible that a day will come when you type something intelligent? Let's examine your drivel in detail. “Here we have the british pirate prince with his huge war vessel doing nonsense in the Malvinas Islands, that obviously belong to Argentina.” He can't be a “pirate.” Look at him. He has no cocked hat, no eye patch and both legs. Then, I don't know how you do things down there but we don't usually describe a helicopter as a “vessel”. And he can't be “doing nonsense in the Malvinas Islands” because THEY DON'T EXIST! It's a fantasy. It's a name made up by some weird psychotics. Moving on, when you get a bit older you'll find it's quite normal for someone who employs you to pay you for what you do for them. As a matter of interest, can you fly a helicopter?

    As you say, doing something for a charity is a good action. However, I think you'll find that doing something for a charity frequently involves doing it with the money of others. It's what charities do! As far as your reference to “visiting and stealing” is concerned, it's quite difficult to steal something that already belongs to you.

    @8 Truth? You wouldn't recognise the truth if it kicked you in the nuts. Territory? I've had a good look at a map and I can't find any argie territory in the Falklands Archipelago. And I think you'll find that flying a 9,525 kg helicopter that doesn't belong to you to where you're told to go and, when you get there, doing what you are told to do is classed as “work”. Especially when you are employed by a national air force.

    I agree with Isolde @7. It isn't courteous to get on a site such as this and post juvenile drivel. It wastes people's time. Should you decide to grow up and make intelligent useful comments, do let us know. Until then I strongly recommend that you follow Isolde's advice.

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 05:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • johnfarrel2050

    @12 Conqueror, For you, a comment is intelligent when it is agree with your ideas. Please, respect the ideas of a lot of people around the world who think different than some other british people. It´s very easy to make charity with the money of all taxpayers when you don´t have to do any effort to obtain this money and you don´t have to be worried to earn money to survive because a lot of money is at your disposal to do what you want and to improve his poor image. Around the world there are a lot of people who don´t believe in this “prince” also obviously less believe in your brother Harry who is worse than William. Everybody knows that this last one (Harry) has a disastrous image around the world.

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 07:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Fido Dido

    william the conqueror is checking out the map and says:

    “Uhhh, where are we? I miss my grandma.”

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 07:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • wanklord

    Words of Jorge Lanata, an Argentine that clearly understands the meaning of common sense:
    “Argentina's policy towards the Malvinas is insane, erratic, senseless...Blocking the ports is more of the same madness...Argentina needs to integrate the islands, not isolate them. We have to face up to the fact that we lost the war. Malvinas is not part of Argentina; it is part of our imagination. We're so blinded by years of rhetoric that we can't see reality.”

    Feb 05th, 2012 - 07:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • row82

    Argentines are not very bright, given the choice between fascism and democracy they have chosen fascism every time. Given the choice between American hegemony and being an independent nation, they have chosen America hegemony every time, characterised by its attendant secret police (NSA, CIA, Special Forces and other such gestapo trappings, including their own) and an attendant military or militant right government.

    Given the choice between being diplomacy and child like spats of anger and lies, they choose child like spats of anger and lies.

    Argentina has never recovered from being a wannabe be Axis power in the 1930's. Argentina's version of fascism (like that of Spain's) remained undefeated by WW2 Allied powers. It hadn't even had to fight a real civil war to maintain power, just murder 50,000-100,000 of its own unarmed political activists and we all know how easy that was for their brave and heroic military men, like their hero Commander Astiz.

    It took the Falklands War to shake the Argentines into some semblance of reality. Remove their military government and see the Americans as something other than a benevolent uncle, rather more like a the uncle you kept your children away from, you know the one in the old mack who always had his hands in his pockets and a grimace on his lips.

    But within a few short years a girl came alone, a wannabe Eva Peron and took them all the way back to year zero! And the Argentine people gave up their collective memory and switched back to servile child.

    In the West it's very difficult to understand how the average Argentine thinks. We have to imagine how our own per-adolescent children think and we can then get into their mindset. Give them a box of toy soldiers & some flags to play with and they are as happy as pie, tell them that they can't own Tracey Island though and they will cry their eyes out.

    At school, the teachers would always tell them “Tracey Island” was their's. Even though the reality was, it wasn't!

    Feb 06th, 2012 - 12:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • TALDY

    we are champions! Celebrate as they are Argentine! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/hockey/16900844

    Feb 06th, 2012 - 12:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • row82

    a penalty? How much money did that cost?

    Feb 06th, 2012 - 01:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Fido Dido

    “Argentines are not very bright”

    Ahhh, trolls from the UK are fuming and find their way here through google to make themself feel soooo goood. Brits, believe they are free, reality is, they live in a police/feudelistic society and continue to believe they are truly free. but but but, brits here prefer concentrate on an area far away and far away from their own debt crisis that's cripple them, slowly...so much fun.

    Feb 06th, 2012 - 04:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    Fido,the retarded Dutchman(he says).
    You make about as much sense as that other plonker, johnfarrel.
    We would appreciate it if you didn't post anymore either as you too are an idiot.
    btw- ever get your teeth fixed?

    Feb 06th, 2012 - 09:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • M_of_FI

    @13. “Please, respect the ideas of a lot of people around the world who think different”

    Exactly right John. Argentina needs to respect the wishes of the Falkland Islanders. Well put!

    Feb 06th, 2012 - 01:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @13 Tell you what, dippy, I don't mind you disagreeing if you get your facts right and write using intelligence instead of propaganda. Now, I've already pointed out how much of your comments was ludicrously wrong. Don't let me stop you. Let's take the first point I mentioned and invite you to explain to all and sundry why anyone with a brain would describe a helicopter as a 'vessel'. Come on now, don't be shy, display your vast intelligence. I have plenty of time.
    While you're at it, let's deal with “Please, respect the ideas of a lot of people around the world who think different than some other british people.” Do you respect the ideas of British people? Do you respect the ideas of Falkland Islanders? No? Then you can stick your ideas up your arse and swivel on them. Hypocrite.

    @19 Hi, doggy. Should we explain that to you, doggy? But down to business. Setting aside Britain's current minor financial difficulties, could you explain to us how the present-day argie-in-the-street feels about the fact that it would take 10 million present-day argie pesos to buy 1 argie peso of, say, 1970? 10 million! We can't match that. Actually, it's possible that only Zimbabwe could match it. How's it feel to be on a par with Zimbabwe?

    Feb 06th, 2012 - 03:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • cLOHO

    http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2106143,00.html?xid=gonewsedit
    Interesting article fro the US

    Feb 06th, 2012 - 06:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Fido Dido

    Isolde, dumb f**k welfare queen with bad teeth, is mad and can't stand it being put back on her spot by a Dutchman. Keep crying about the Falklands you believe you personally own, never visited and can't afford to visit.

    Conqueror aka typhoon buffoon the virtual pilot that lives in his mom's basement, seriously, stop playing video games that messes with your head. Get a real life.

    Feb 06th, 2012 - 09:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Kiwisarg

    It is very interesting to see!!!!
    Welcome to Malvinas, prince William - YouTube
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cxrGaiNlSY

    Feb 06th, 2012 - 10:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    Fido,
    l told you to stop posting because you are an idiot.
    So stop already. No one wishes to hear your ridiculous views.
    l have a few Dutch friends & they are decent people.
    Obviously ,mynheer badteeth, you are not one of them.
    Can't afford it & never visited , eh. Stop it, Hans, you are making me laugh.
    Just be a good chap & disappear up your own behind with a puff of smoke.

    Feb 07th, 2012 - 12:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • you are not first

    Isolde,

    I have to support on your “ emotional territorial stage”. You found this online paper and finally you can complain about how wrong it is the rest of the world( besides England).

    Where else could you explain 1700's view point while trying to apply it into 21st century and have any human support than in this newspaper? You may try to do so in the Falklands ( Malvinas is the name in this century), but you are too far and the islanders are not considered first class like you( never will by English standards), because they will be not able to afford a flight and wait 5 hours outside of the Royal family home in a cold winter to bend forward when the “little prince” wave a hello to the servants like yourself( Which of his pictures you have under your pillow ?).

    You do own this newspaper even if it is virtual( At least it is closer than Malvinas). Any type of virtual intimidation to your imaginary world should be reported to Queen or Dino-MAMA-saurio.

    Argentinians and the 2.38 Billion bipeds( Please note that I subtracted 62.99 Brits) who do not understand that the world is British by nature and the men inside of each territory are leasing to Queen mom should be waiting for a UK nuclear submarine to straight up the only truth.

    Feb 07th, 2012 - 10:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    @27 you are not first,
    lnteresting post. Do you think that l am in the UK?
    l'm not even in the same hemisphere.
    Do you think that l don't consider the Falklanders to be first class? lol.
    Better not tell my neighbours that or they might trample my roses!
    You really are a simpleton aren't you?
    Do you think there are 3 billion people on the planet?
    Where have you been, boy? Try 7 billion. ha ha.
    Much of your post does not make any sense.
    Please try again♥

    Feb 08th, 2012 - 11:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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