Falklands: controlled explosions of ordnance as part of demining project

Wednesday, October 21st 2015 - 07:49 UTC

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Falkland Islands demining and ground clearance operations which this season took off in September are advancing rapidly and controlled explosions of ordnance has been announced for later this week. Thousands of antipersonnel and anti tank mines in marked perimeters remain the Falklands, a legacy of the retreating Argentine forces which invaded the Islands 33 years ago in 1982. Read full article

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Briton
Many many pinions on this,
[ mine ] is simple enough,
send them all back to Argentina,
just drop them over the capital.
Oct 21st, 2015 - 10:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
Top idea, Briton.
l agree.
Oct 21st, 2015 - 10:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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falklandlad
That's a wonderful thought Briton, but unfortunately not really possible. We are best celebrating the continuing good and excellent work of the Bactec teams and rejoice that our common and former recreational land will soon be returned to residents for the enjoyment of future generations.
Oct 21st, 2015 - 10:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 1 Briton

That would risk them exploding of the way with the risk of fatalities to the team.

Much better to send say 20 or so cruise missiles over and destroy crucial infrastructure installations, if the argies have any of course. :o)
Oct 21st, 2015 - 11:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Mendoza Canadian
I hope they are sending the bill for this clean up to Argentina???
Oct 21st, 2015 - 11:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
Angola is thousands of times larger than this island and was free of mines long before.
Oct 21st, 2015 - 01:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Outlawcatcher
Pardon me Brasileiro but you are talking complete and utter tosh. Angola is still one of the most heavily contaminated mined areas in the world. In fact I believe it still has the dubious honour of being in the top 10 of such places. To intimate that it is free shows your complete ignorance of the true situation and to silently intimate that the British are a bit slow in clearing them displays complete disregard to the penis heads who put them there in the first place!
Oct 21st, 2015 - 02:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
I liked you!
Oct 21st, 2015 - 02:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Philippe
One thing is clear. Malvinazi colonialism left only two things in the Falklands:
Thousands of mines and dead bodies.

Philippe
Oct 21st, 2015 - 03:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ezekielman
It is time the United Kingdom sent a bill for reparations to the Argentine government. The cowardly invasion of the Falklands resulted in millions of expense for the islanders and the British people. Argentina must be made to pay for its illegality.
Oct 21st, 2015 - 06:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Englander
8 Careful... you're beginning to betray signs of a sense of humour.
Oct 22nd, 2015 - 07:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Skåre Anti-K.
@ 6 Brasileiro

“Angola is thousands of times larger than this island and was free of mines long before.”

Angola isn't free of landmines. No even close. On the contrary, there are still more than 10 million of them and barely a day goes by when someone isn't crippled or killed by one.

You really need to do something about this inexcusable uninformed ignorance of yours.

http://www.halotrust.org/where-we-work/angola

http://www.halotrust.org/where-we-work/angola

Cretin!
Oct 22nd, 2015 - 10:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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zathras
Assuming we bother to attend the joke that is the UN decolonization committee next year. Surely we should surprise all the attendees with a little present...
A deactivated landmine to each and every one.
Pointing out this is what Argentina did to the beautiful Islands.
It will make the point clearly that it was Argentina who militarized the Falklands.
Maybe another referendum, this time the good people of the Falklands should be asked if they wish to be removed from the UN decolonization listing. Assuming they say yes, this can be presented to the UN secretary general. Rather difficult to ignore the wishes of the islanders.
Oct 22nd, 2015 - 01:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pete Bog
@13 Zathras.

“Maybe another referendum, this time the good people of the Falklands should be asked if they wish to be removed from the UN decolonization listing.”

Good idea, another turn of the screw.
Oct 26th, 2015 - 06:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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