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February 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The Royal Navy has not confirmed the presence of any submarine near the
Falklands, but was reported to have sent a Trafalgar-class vessel, which
cannot carry nuclear weapons.
Mr Timerman, however, insisted that a Vanguard-class submarine, which carries
Trident nuclear missiles, was operating in the region.
He produced maps and photographs to back up his claims, stating that the
nuclear submarine posed a threat to regional security.
“Argentina has information that within the framework of the recent
British deployment in the Malvinas Islands they sent a nuclear submarine …
to transport nuclear weapons to the South Atlantic,” said Mr Timerman,
at a press conference in New York.
“Thus far the UK refuses to say whether it is true or not. Are there
nuclear weapons or are there not?
“The information Argentina has is that there are these nuclear weapons.”
He said the deployment of nuclear arms in the region would violate the Treaty
of Tlatelolco for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and
the Caribbean, designed to create a nuclear-free zone in the region.
The inflammatory claim appeared to be part of an aggressive attempt by Buenos
Aires to isolate Britain at the United Nations in advance of the thirtieth
anniversary of the Argentinian invasion of the Falklands and their
successful recapture by a British task force.
Mr Timerman displayed a map showing UK bases across the South Atlantic between
South America and Africa, pointing out that the “Empire’s capital”
was 4,000 miles away.
He went on to show a series of photographs of what he claimed were
state-of-the-art war ships, planes and a nuclear submarine he said was
Vanguard, flagship of the Vanguard fleet which carries Britain’s Trident
nuclear deterrent.
He also produced aerial shots of military bases and two runways in the
Falkland Islands. The foreign minister also claimed that the British defence
budget had been cut in every area except the South Atlantic.
Mr Timerman said Britain was using an “unjustified defence of
self-determination” to maintain a military base on the Falklands, which
allowed it to dominate the Atlantic.
He criticised David Cameron for recently accusing Argentina of acting like
“colonialists,” saying: “It is perhaps the last refuge of a
declining power.
“It is the last ocean that is controlled by the United Kingdom –
Britannia rules only the South Atlantic.
“Argentina cannot lose a territory because there is a group . that chooses to
live a different fate. This population came after the invasion. This is not
an indigenous population.
“The UK is using the unjust defence of self-determination for 2,500
inhabitants as an excuse to become a military base.”
Quoting John Lennon, who he described as the great musician, poet singer, he
urged the British Government to “give peace a chance.”
But the claims were dismissed by the British ambassador to the United Nations
at his own press conference in New York.
Sir Mark Lyall Grant said “We do not comment on the disposition of
nuclear weapons, submarines.”
“I don’t know how he knows about submarines. I certainly don’t know. The
whole point of nuclear submarines is that they go all around the world and
you don’t know where they are. That’s why they’re a deterrent.”
Sir Mark described the idea that the UK was “militarising” the
situation “manifestly absurd”.
“Before 1982 there was a minimal defence presence in the Falkland Islands,”
he said.
“It is only because Argentina illegally invaded the Falkland Islands in
1982 that since then we had to increase our defence posture.
“Nothing has changed in that defence posture in recent months or recent
years.”
Sir Mark said the UK had been in the Falklands since before Argentina existed,
and the islanders were entitled to self-determination under the UN charter.
“We are responsible for the security of the Falkland Islands and we will
defend that robustly,” he said.
“Nothing has changed in our defence posture in recent months or recent years.
“The only thing that appears to have changed is the politics in Argentina.”
Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner has ramped up her rhetoric over the
Falklands in recent weeks and is preparing for a re-election campaign,
leading to claims she is trying to exploit the issue for her own political
gain.
The Argentinian accusations of nuclear force came despite a plea from Ban
Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General, to both countries to avoid an “escalation”.
Before meeting Mr Timerman, the UN secretary-general’s office issued a
statement in which he “expressed the hope that the governments of
Argentina and the United Kingdom will avoid an escalation of this dispute
and resolve differences peacefully and through dialogue”.
Britain insists that current military operations in the Falklands, including
the presence of Prince William as part of an RAF search and rescue mission
and the deployment of the Royal Navy destroyer Dauntless to the region, are “entirely
routine”.
Argentina has made much of Prince William’s presence on the islands, with one
government official comparing him to a “conquistador”.
Tensions over the Falklands – which Argentina refer to as Las Malvinas – have
been further fuelled by the discovery of possible oilfields in its
territorial waters.
And the debate became increasingly heated in recent days after Mrs Kirchner
gave a speech in which she claimed that UK “militarism … implies a
grave risk for international security …”
Sir Mark said: “It is not for Argentina and the UK to discuss the sovereignty
of the Falkland Islands over the heads of the people who live there, some of
whom have been there for over 200 years.”
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