How Islanders In The Falklands Are Bracing Themselves For Untold Riches...Or Armageddon -- The Daily Mail
* The discovery of oil is expected to boost the islanders' wealth by £20bn
* Increasing fears of invasion from the Argentines
Chugging away from Port Stanley through choppy, slate-grey waters, the reminders of the costly but glorious military campaign that defined the Thatcher years were etched in the hills behind us.
There was Mount Tumbledown, where ten British soldiers fell during a valiant assault on the Argentinian defences. And beside it, Sapper Hill, where a depleted battalion of Welsh Guardsmen had picked their way through a minefield to force the enemy’s surrender.
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My Comment: The oil wealth is going to change everything .... and I mean everything.
£20bn ain´t that much.. if that is all there is, then I can´t see a military confrontation over it
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