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Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War
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Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/...-war-reve/

Quote:Israel sold weapons to Argentina at the height of the Falklands War in 1982, according to newly declassified Foreign Office files.

British diplomats cited evidence that Israel had supplied the Argentine military junta with arms that were used against the Task Force during the campaign to liberate the islands.

Israeli military exports before the war included the Skyhawk jets that would later be used to bomb British warships, killing dozens of soldiers, sailors and marines.

Four British warships were sunk by bombs dropped from Skyhawks, including RFA Sir Galahad, a troop carrier that was set ablaze while anchored in Bluff Cove, killing 48 sailors and soldiers. Simon Weston, the badly burned veteran, was among the survivors. Another four ships were damaged by Skyhawks.
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RE: Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War
Gasp!  How dare the Israelis favor a right wing government in South America over one in Europe?
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RE: Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War
(August 24, 2016 at 9:24 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Gasp!  How dare the Israelis favor a right wing government in South America over one in Europe?

Yes, how dare they.
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RE: Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War
Go ahead and test the power of your "empire" against the ire of the Israel lobby in Washington.
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RE: Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War
Nice editing of your quote there.

But my post still stands.
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RE: Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War
(August 24, 2016 at 9:30 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Go ahead and see if your "empire" can withstand the ire of the Israel lobby in Washington.

We don't have an empire.

When did I say we have an empire?
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RE: Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War
(August 24, 2016 at 9:30 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Go ahead and test the power of your "empire" against the ire of the Israel lobby in Washington.

Eventually the yanks are gonna tire of giving billions to Israel and bending over for them.
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RE: Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War
For the record, I wasn't entirely serious about the arming Hamas thing. I am generally quite pro-Israel in most cases but I think they should at least issue a fucking apology for what they did. But hey, it's still better to have Israel than another Islamist shithole in the ME.
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RE: Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War
And the Israelis weren't the only ones. The war was associated with a certain term back in the day, which got more or less synonimous for the whole conflict: Exocet. Produced in France and actually responsible for the the british vessels being sunk. Also know what the Argentinians were flying? Dassault Mirage III, another product courtesy of French production.

So that's much ado about nothing. Just another country supplying another one to fill their own coffers. Maybe the French were a little more discreet in not actually shipping to Argentinia during the actual conflict. Which lasted for a whooping three months, by the way.
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RE: Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War
(August 24, 2016 at 10:05 am)abaris Wrote: So that's much ado about nothing. Just another country supplying another one to fill their own coffers. Maybe the French were a little more discreet in not actually shipping to Argentinia during the actual conflict.

That's only because the conflict didn't fall on Trafalgar day.

BTW, the French did tell the argentines how to modify the Exocets they already have to beat British electronic countermeasure, to this revelation a certain British minister responded by saying of the French "they have always been a treacherous race". The french were probably thinking of Mers-El-kebir.
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