Tensions Escalate With Argentina 29 Years After Falklands War

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/05/2011 17:19 -0500
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As the Duke of Cambridge is due to be deployed to the British territory south of Argentina, the tensions are rising within Falkland Island waters as the Argentinians board Spanish fishing vessels as President Cristina Kirchner has adopted a steadily more belligerent stance towards Britain’s South Atlantic possessions.. The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... lands.html is this evening reporting that 29 years on from the last major tensions, Argentina has launched a naval campaign to isolate the Falkland Islands that has seen it detain Spanish fishing vessels on suspicion of breaking the country’s “blockadeâ€