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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-04 12:19 PM
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81. About The Sun. During the Falklands Conflict, the UK enforced a
Maritime Exclusion Zone around the Falklands. British Forces attacked and sank an aging Argentinian Cruiser outside of this zone, the General Belgrano. It had not been anywhere near the Falklands and contained a large number of teenage Cadets out of its full complement of around 1200. The ship sank, with 850 dead.
The Sun's headline?

http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/gotcha1.htm
"GOTCHA"

and later "BRITAIN 6, ARGENTINA 0"

Because war is no more than a football game.
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