Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

Their a UK/Dutch company with a primary listing in the LSE and a secondary listing in the Euronext Amsterdam and NYSE, it is based both in London and The Hague

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell

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Maybe it is part of the invasion plan!

[danielf]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

Perhaps not...

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35389938-post399.html

The suggestion is that the only possibly viable attack vector would be a Trojan horse - special forces aboard a 'stricken' civilian airliner requesting an emergency landing.

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Kymmy

By the sound of it they want control as to who goes to/from the island..

I think you have hit the nail on the head there Kymmy.

I presume LAN is an Argentinian owned airline? Otherwise how would they have so much control over them?

http://www.falklandislands.com/conte...ng-here-by-air

[Chris]

The level of control Argentina seeks to exert isn't just down to the nationality of the carrier - it's also due to flights from Chile have to over-fly Argentine airspace, effectively giving Argentina a veto over the other flights anyway.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

I think you have hit the nail on the head there Kymmy.

I presume LAN is an Argentinian owned airline? Otherwise how would they have so much control over them?

http://www.falklandislands.com/conte...ng-here-by-air

LAN is the national carrier of Chile, but they own a subsidiery airline (LAN Argentina) in Argentina, LAN in turn are owned by LATAM (A company based in Brazil and Chile) who is a member of OneWorld (Slong with British Airways!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAN_Airlines

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Chris

The level of control Argentina seeks to exert isn't just down to the nationality of the carrier - it's also due to flights from Chile have to over-fly Argentine airspace, effectively giving Argentina a veto over the other flights anyway.

Thanks Chris. I actually thought of that after I posted.

It's good that you give plain and simple answers, rather than trying to look more knowledgable by using Wikipedia

[Chris]

[Maggy J]

Well my Argentinian friend of 20 years says that it's all down to wanting to hide their corruption using nationalism.

I trust his viewpoint because he a physics professor who studied in the US and has travelled the world a lot more than the average Argentinian.He says nothing will come of it.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Well my Argentinian friend of 20 years says that it's all down to wanting to hide their corruption using nationalism.

I trust his viewpoint because he a physics professor who studied in the US and has travelled the world a lot more than the average Argentinian.He says nothing will come of it.

I tend to agree. I expect the vast majority of Argentinians are far more worried about the state of the economy and their lives than all this politically motivated hype. Of course the usual suspects and rent a mob crowd will gain plenty of media time as they burn Union Jacks...

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Osem

I tend to agree. I expect the vast majority of Argentinians are far more worried about the state of the economy and their lives than all this politically motivated hype. Of course the usual suspects and rent a mob crowd will gain plenty of media time as they burn Union Jacks...

and thank God for that, flag making is one of their only growth industries.

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Well my Argentinian friend of 20 years says that it's all down to wanting to hide their corruption using nationalism.

I trust his viewpoint because he a physics professor who studied in the US and has travelled the world a lot more than the average Argentinian.He says nothing will come of it.

And I think your friend is probably right. The worrying thing is that is exactly what the military government was trying to do in the 80's.

[Hom3r]

Another ranting idiot

Former Pink Floyd star Roger Waters believes Britain should return the Falkland Islands to Argentina, saying "Las Malvinas belong to Argentina".

By then bugger off the Argentina then.

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16180860

[Maggy J]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

Another ranting idiot



By then bugger off the Argentina then.

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16180860

Yes well it seems that not all the ranting rhetoric jingoism is coming from the Argentine side.

I think we should take it a little less personally and see it as just hot air in an election year for Argentina.Like ignoring those that irritate in a public forum.

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

Another ranting idiot



By then bugger off the Argentina then.

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16180860

Actors and musicians should stick to what they do best, and stay out of politics.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

Another ranting idiot



By then bugger off the Argentina then.

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16180860

Does Waters suggest what should be done about the small matter of the people who've actually lived there for generations and want to remain British?