Gibraltar aerial view looking northwest. Wikipedia
Tensions Growing Off Gibraltar After Royal Navy Confronts Spanish Warship That Had Strayed Into British Waters -- Daily Mail
* Vessel was spotted cruising irregularly and warned to leave
* Foreign Office launches diplomatic protest with Madrid over the incursion
A Spanish warship has been confronted by the Royal Navy near Gibraltar amid growing tensions around the UK outpost.
The armed patrol vessel, which typically carries special forces and marines, was spotted cruising irregularly and warned repeatedly to leave British waters.
Last night, the Foreign Office lodged a diplomatic protest with Madrid over the most serious episode of sabre-rattling off the Rock in half a century.
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My Comment: This smells like an attempt by the Spanish government to distract Spaniards from the economic crisis and the growing corruption scandal in Madrid. It may make a few headlines .... but it is not going to work.
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