MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Falklands demining accident; work continues normally in other minefields
A member of the demining team is receiving treatment in hospital following a demining accident on 27 February, reports the Falkland Islands government. During routine demining, a Team Leader, suffered minor injuries to his hand following an explosion. The incident occurred in minefield SA032 located in Moody Valley, to the west of Stanley. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesHere's an idea, every Argentine visitor should be required to clear at least one mine per visit to the islands. All mines should be returned to Argentina.
Mar 02nd, 2017 - 09:28 am - Link - Report abuse +2Boca Juniors ought to have a training session on the FALKLANDS.
Mar 02nd, 2017 - 10:38 am - Link - Report abuse -1@Capt Rockhopper, sounds like a good idea in theory, but I'd imagine carrying 35+ year old explosives which have been repeatedly frozen and buried in peat and penguin shit probably wouldn't go down too well with LAN.
Mar 02nd, 2017 - 02:07 pm - Link - Report abuse +2I ought to say, as Argentine, that this is really crap. Our government should be paying the removal of said devices. But I can understand the governments posture... Our oil is being stolen, and the fishing permits are being sold to every bloody pirate in the planet.
Mar 03rd, 2017 - 02:29 am - Link - Report abuse -3Too bad we never heard about any good will from the brits ever.
Goodwill LukeDig? Shall we mention the ban on charter flights to the Falklands crossing Argentine airspace? The ban on Falklands flagged vessels? The attempts to deliberately overfish straddling fish stocks? Announcements in the UN about “sinister surveillance arrays” that turned out to be a Cable and Wireless node and the shortwave radio link to the British and Canadian Antarctic stations? The threatening letters sent to companies drilling exploratory oil wells? Hell, the joint exploration agreements that Argentina tore up?
Mar 05th, 2017 - 07:39 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Being surprised when you find that Newton's third law doesn't only apply in physics does seem a bit redundant.
There seems to be a some good will happening right now LukeDig. Does the Red Cross mission to identify the unknown soldiers not count? Apparently Britain is paying for half the costs despite the fact we have no particular reason to care. Argentina could at least offer to pay for half the cost of removing the landmines, especially as you have also signed the Mine Ban treaty that requires countries to remove all mines on their territory.
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