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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 10:54 PM Original message |
Diego Garcia: Chagos islands return 'puts US base at risk' |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good, the Chagos Islands were simply stolen |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep. Let the Islanders return-evict the US and UK |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Why does it have to be all or nothing? |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. gonzo station |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. Since the US military presents an "unacceptable risk" |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. John Pilger's article on Diego Garcia, heartbreaking story |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. Bastards. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yeah, those Chagossians hatin' our freedom like that |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. Wasn't DG basically a launch point for |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. No its not obsolete |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. When the balloon goes up, Diego Garcia will be no more. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. What with? |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 05:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. SLBM or SLCM |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 06:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Oh you mean like the icbm type subs that |
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lakercub (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. DG also has quite a few satellite defense resources. |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. This was the base that was built up months prior to the 1st Gulf War.... |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It was being built up in the late seventies. I was there and there |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-03-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I've been trying to find out more on this. Apparently there was a spike |
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