{"id":31668,"date":"2013-01-07T13:15:24","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T11:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=31668"},"modified":"2013-01-07T13:15:24","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T11:15:24","slug":"pm-david-cameron-britain-will-fight-keep-to-falkland-islands-uk-news-31668","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/pm-david-cameron-britain-will-fight-keep-to-falkland-islands-uk-news-31668\/","title":{"rendered":"PM David Cameron: Britain will fight keep to Falkland islands \/ UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From British PM David Cameron a sharp answer to\u00a0Argentinian President Cristina\u00a0Kirchner who has the make plastic operations with goverment money ” Falklands is British “<\/h1>\n

British Prime Minster David Cameron has said he would send troops to the Falkland Islands if Argentina attempts to invade and retake the territory. Aggressive rhetoric has recently flared between London and Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the BBC\u2019s ‘Andrew Marr Show,’ Cameron emphasized the UK\u2019s\u00a0\u201cextremely strong\u201d<\/em>\u00a0position after Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner renewed her charge that the islands were stolen by Britain.<\/p>\n

Kirchner has taken out advertisements in British newspapers saying in an open letter \u2013 initially sent to David Cameron \u2013 that the islands were taken from Argentina in a\u00a0\u201cblatant exercise of 19th Century colonialism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The move was in response to an advert placed by UK tabloid the Sun in English-language daily the Buenos Aires Herald, which warned Argentina to keep its\u00a0\u201chands off the islands,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and claimed that British sovereignty over the isles dates back to 1765.<\/p>\n

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But Argentina-based journalist Daniel Schweimler told the BBC that across the entire country, Argentinians\u00a0\u201cbelieve that the Falklands belong to them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Opinion polls suggest that about two-thirds of Argentinians support Kirchner\u2019s position on the Falklands.<\/p>\n

Kirchner argued in her letter that in 1833, argentinians on the island were expelled, and\u00a0\u201cthe United Kingdom subsequently began a population implantation process similar to that applied to other territories under colonial rule.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The British Foreign Office posted on its website that an interim governor appointed by ministers in Buenos Aires was murdered by his own men, and a British warship subsequently\u00a0\u201ctold\u201d<\/em>\u00a0his 24-man garrison to leave.<\/p>\n

The Falklands dispute has renewed in recent years \u2013 in 2007, Argentina reasserted its claim over the islands. Kirchner\u2019s position has hardened since the discovery of potential oil reserves off the islands, as well as last year\u2019s 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.<\/p>\n

Argentina invaded the Falklands \u2013 known as the Malvinas in Argentina \u2013 in May of 1982. Then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sent a task force to retake the islands, sparking a conflict that saw 255 British soldiers and 649 Argentinian troops killed.<\/p>\n

Asked if Britain would defend the territory again, Cameron replied,\u00a0\u201cOf course we would, and we have strong defenses in place on the Falkland Islands, that is absolutely key, that we have fast jets stationed there, we have troops stationed on the Falklands.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Cameron has been warned by admirals in Britain\u2019s Royal Navy that the UK may no longer have the capability to retake the islands if Argentina invades. The UK no longer has any aircraft carriers, and the two being built won\u2019t be ready until 2016 at the earliest.<\/p>\n

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But Cameron insisted that Britain\u2019s defenses are sufficient.\u00a0\u201cI get regular reports on this issue because I want to know that our defenses are strong, our resolve is extremely strong,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n

Cameron has maintained that Falklanders should be allowed to decide for themselves if they want to remain British or be governed by Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe future of the islands should be determined by the Falkland Islanders themselves, the people who live there. Whenever they have been asked their opinion, they say they want to maintain their current status with the United Kingdom,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Cameron told reporters during a January 3 visit to Preston.<\/p>\n

Falklanders are holding a referendum on the issue later this year, and Argentina should respect their vote, which has Cameron’s\u00a0\u201c100 percent backing,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n

In a further escalation of the row between Argentina and Britain, cruise ships headed for the Falklands have been subjected to intimidation and protests upon docking in Buenos Aries.<\/p>\n

There have been at least 12 reported incidents of cruise liners being disrupted, including officials refusing permission for entry into Argentinian ports, ships being delayed, and masked militants attacking and ransacking shipping company offices.<\/p>\n

Many cruises will now no longer call at the Falklands \u2013 denying the islanders of an important source of income \u2013 in order to appease authorities in Argentina.<\/p>\n

Last month, the UK government formerly summoned Argentinian Ambassador Alicia Castro to protest the incidents.<\/p>\n\n

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