Falklands' Yorke Bay, a coastline reborn following the clearance of mines

Wednesday, July 29th 2020 - 10:47 UTC

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She born and raised in the Falklands in a family long established in the Islands, and belongs to the first generations of Islanders who went to university, helping to transform a lethargic sheep-farming colony into a vibrant, proud community with a vigorous sense of self-sufficiency and country spirit. Read full article

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Dirk Dikkler
This is a Good thing ! the removal of these Mines has been a long time coming but mother nature will reclaim the Beach and over the following years it will be back to its former Glory, Good Job Guys !!
Jul 29th, 2020 - 09:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Roger Lorton
Gotta love an idiot conspiracy-theorist Gullible LOL
Jul 30th, 2020 - 11:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Uruguay Man
These Mines should have not been planted as they were. Mines almost never kill soldiers, they mostly kill civilians. I am a neutral and believe sowing mines in this way was a war crime.
Jul 31st, 2020 - 12:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
Minefields were legal at the time, however you were supposed to make a map of where the mines were. Sometimes this happened, many times it did not.

Actually Argentinian forces suffered many casualties from their own mines, where units retreating from the front, ran straight into minefields laid by units behind them.
Jul 31st, 2020 - 05:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Guillote
If some poor mediocre Thai brexiter needs more followers on twitter to hurt, I can get him many. let me know. gorgory deja de dar lastima. mediocre historiador/investigador.
Aug 01st, 2020 - 03:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Dirk Dikkler
Guillote this Man Crush you have on Roger Lorton has to come to an end, Please find a Man in your own Country to Love and hold.
Aug 01st, 2020 - 10:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
Guillote
Dirk is probably right here, probably best not to post your intimate feelings online.

Some unscrupulous and uncaring people, may even mock you for it.
Aug 01st, 2020 - 03:29 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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