Monday, February 22, 2010

Oil Row Revives Falklands Tensions Between The UK And Argentina (News Updates For February 22, 2010)



'War Is Excluded From Horizon,' Says Argentina -- The Independent

But tensions rise as Buenos Ares recruits allies and promises to use all legal means to stop British oil drilling.

War is not an option in resolving Argentina's dispute with Britain
over the potentially oil-rich Falkland Islands, a senior Argentinian minister said yesterday. "War is excluded from our horizon," the Deputy Foreign Minister, Victorio Taccetti, said. But he insisted Buenos Aires would not give up its claims to the islands it calls Las Malvinas.

He denied that Argentina was escalating a row triggered by a British oil drilling project in the Falklands.

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More News On The UK-Argentine Spat Over The Falklands

Falkland Islands: British oil drillers reopen dispute with Argentina -- Christian Science Monitor
UK Oil Exploration Firm Starts Falklands Drilling -- ABC News
British rig 'to start drilling off the Falklands' -- AFP
Black gold fuels new Falklands dispute -- Calgary Herald

Buenos Aires rallies support in UK oil feud -- Times Online
Argentina presses new diplomatic offensive on Falklands -- AFP
Argentina Seeks Backing in Falklands Dispute -- New York Times
Argentina set to win new backing in Falklands row -- AFP
Caracas enters Falkland oil row -- UPI

RAF Proves Worth in Falklands Crisis -- New Wars
RN Deploys Influence Squadron South -- New Wars
The Falklands in Want of Frigates -- New Wars
UK 'maintaining' forces in Falklands -- Defense Management
It's the bitter truth: We couldn't send a task force to the Falklands today -- Daily Mail
Royal Navy warships on standby over Falklands oil dispute -- The Telegraph

British cruise ship tests Argentine blockade in Falklands -- The Telegraph
Argentinian hackers hoist flag on English language paper website as Falklands stand-off moves to cyberspace -- The Daily Mail
Argentinians invade Falkland Islands website -- The Register
Falkland Islands: Argentina can't scare us, say islanders -- The Telegraph
Veteran in emotional Falkland islands visit -- BBC

Falklands War II? -- Scotsman
Argentina is living in a nationalist dreamland -- Dominic Sandbrook, Times Online
Argentina has chosen a good time to rattle the Falklands -- Times Online editorial

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