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For everyone following my retelling of the build-up to the Falklands invasion, please remember I have two books on the subject: The First Casualty and its companion Pictorial History, both available on Amazon 😊
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Mayor of Punta Arenas in Chile says they can deal with whoever they like, and they choose their friendly neighbours in the Falklands.
Alcalde de #PuntaArenas deja claro que “#Chile es un país soberano” y seguirá con el acuerdo con las #Falkland infogate.cl/2026/09/alcalde-…
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HMS Medway in the Falklands yesterday, maintaining freedom and democracy... Always a beautiful sight.
(Credit: Sue Luxton)
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One in three people in Argentina is now living in poverty: a 4.1% increase over six months... A good explanation of why Milei is screaming about the Falklands again 🙄
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Burnham's Bulldozers will be turning up any minute now. They'll probably unearth Sturgeon's stolen millions under the floorboards too 🤣
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HMS Agamemnon, an Astute Class attack submarine and the most advanced in the world, has just sailed from Barrow after being commissioned into service... I think it may be brown trousers time for Argentina.
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Argentine news outlet Infobae accuses Milei of "Presidential Delusion, embarrassing bravado, rhetorical hubris and hostile grandstanding" in the UN as he threatens the ethnic cleansing of the Falkland Islanders by mass deportation. His gambit has failed.
infobae.com/politica/2026/09…
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I hope the @UN_HRC @UNHumanRights @CIJ_ICJ and others are taking note of this... Threatening soft ethnic cleansing by mass deportation in the UN is absolutely a statement of intent about a human rights abuse. Hitler started this way with his "resettlement" programme for Jews.
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Cartoon Rick here and September 25th was a quiet one as I play catch-up with my Falklands Timeline. However, I did very much enjoy the comparison with Puerto Rico and the Falklands... the UN needs to tell everyone else to butt out and make it their decision alone. On to the 26th!
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September 25th 1982: In the UN, the Cuban-led plan to have Puerto Rico declared a "colony" of the USA is decisively defeated. The Mayor of San Juan adds: "Puerto Rico is not an international problem, nor does it want to be".
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September 25th 1982: In Parliament, David Steel, head of the Liberal party, castigates the absent Margaret Thatcher and claims she is wrapping herself in Falklands bunting to cover political mismanagement...
Of course she did, and so would anyone else.
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Another crazy Argie who believes they sank Invincible 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The only ones hiding casualties are the english pirates...and also the Invincible issue.
#Malvinas siempre.
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As Milei essentially states that the UN Resolutions over the Falklands🇫🇰 don't apply and that Argentina will become a rogue state, Argentine viewers at home remain unconvinced, seeing this as nothing other than the age old distraction tactic rehashed.
aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/…
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Cartoon Rick here, and that's September 24th caught up with, and all in all, it's a busy day. Against the backdrop of Communist moves in LATAM to replace their Argentine project, we have two ships coming home, a crashed Phantom and Argentina complaining to the UN as usual!
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September 24th 1982: HMS Hydra returns to Portsmouth after over five months at sea. During this time, the auxiliary hospital ship had treated over 250 casualties, many from Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram, from a nursing team of just 30...
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September 24th 1982: RMAS Typhoon returns to the UK from the Falklands war: an ocean-going tug and auxiliary ship which had been the very first task force vessel to depart, and which saw more service than her small stature might suggest, mostly on South Georgia.
This is her OTD.
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September 24th 1982: At RAF Stanley, F4 Phantom XV468 on 29 Sqn is damaged on landing when an arrestor hook breaks. She is deemed beyond repair in theatre and will need to be repaired in the UK.
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September 24th 1982: The NYT highlights the ongoing Communist / Marxist Guerilla war in Honduras and the fact that despite assurances that it is just a leftist revolutionary faction, the truth is a Cuban and Nicaraguan Communist plot to punish the USA.
nytimes.com/1982/09/24/world…
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September 24th 1982: In China, Margaret Thatcher continues negotiations with Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang over Hong Kong and the rights of its citizens under Chinese rule, although Zhao states that they have "no cause for concern" 🙄
nytimes.com/1982/09/24/world…
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September 24th 1982: At the UN, the Fourth Committee on Decolonisation states that it is prepared to hear from individuals and petitioners regarding the Falklands' question:
“A decision to have the question of the Falkland Islands considered in plenary meeting was..."
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