VETERANOS DE AYER

“ALFIL DOWN”

The dangerous circumstances to which Argentina underwent its ships in 1990-1991 to bad intentions London

By Dany Smith

It is well known that the British are as or more jealous than Americans when saving its state secrets and nevertheless have not been able to hide all their dirty laundry very effectively. Just remember that what the Foreign Office referred to as the "Subject Falklands" (GCHQ) in which the real objectives are expressed in the war with Argentina, which consists of a voluminous file that is locked from the end of the 1982 war with cryptic within ninety. The dossier will be out of sight of the profane enough time for anyone to exercise critical judgment and even less historical against the British Crown. Just there, when there is a single witness especially the Argentines of that war and the history books have told only the general aspects and very well arranged what was an unexpected appearances conventional war, the vast majority of the unwary, only then Britain unveil what was really behind that conflict.

Well, believe it or not, the British have other reports of the same tenor and with a similar term reservation refers to the participation of Argentina in the call Campaign "Desert Storm" in 1991 in the area of ​​the Gulf War Persian. You reading this will say Argentina Was not an ally of the US-bonded and therefore Britain to fight Iraq Coalition? Well the answer or simply cannot resume if and least in a simple no. For the British mentality and political logic linear responses do not exist; it looks black is really white and then with the passage of time can vary to the most varied gray; the same with what they consider white is black may vary to taste and convenience of the situations that arise. But do not confuse them with ramblings or inconstancy that is the British political reasoning.

Brown ship

The official story usually tell that after the "invasion of Iraq" the Emirate of Kuwait in August 1990, the Argentine government led by President Carlos Saul Menem, decided "UN mandate" the involvement of his country in a military campaign unprecedented since the culmination of the second world war. Well, on the latter it has already become clear that this mandate never existed and still less that urge to Argentina to take up arms against another country. If it was clear that Argentine vessels voluntarily abide by Resolution No. 665, joined in the maritime embargo against Iraq which itself is understood in international law as "an act of war," the Argentine government then ignored thereto. Although several government officials still continue to insist that thesis that relied on "non-binding" UN resolutions, the historical reality is imposed by the mere knowledge of the prevailing reality.

Beyond that Argentines were deceived to participate in this occasion, the fact is that also were used as bait to meet a very dangerous stage which ended in a covert war of high intensity that had been carefully scheduled in Washington. And to remember that at the Theater of Operations (KTO), the Americans and their NATO allies moved into the holds of command aircraft carriers, tactical nuclear warheads that despite the ban on the use by the Atomic Agency International were planned to be used -under the most absolute secret in specific blows on targets in Baghdad and other Iraqi strengths.

Did Buenos Aires knew all this, or at least could imagine that such weapons were in dance at the sight of their boats patrolling and even escorting ships that transported? Obviously not, and let's face Who the hell was Argentina to know what Washington was developing in that region? The political and military context surrounding the USA was as complex as exasperating for their interests and very few dared to inquire (v. Http://www.voltairenet.org/article162816.html ) What the government believed Menen it wrongly as a credit note for insertion into the "first world" was just an illusion that would fleetingly to Washington's plans and no one else.

Recall that when the participation of two Argentine ships in the naval task force in the diplomatic field met the flattering compliments from both Washington and London they published, the latter imitating a complacency that really could not feel. Although the British had won the war eight years ago, not away from his position made precautionary Argentines and threats involved in their subsistent navy. Believe it or not, for London and especially for the Ministry of Defense of His Majesty, the Argentine remained a latent threat and participation in the "big leagues" could unduly enrich the knowledge of Argentine sailors who could cause an imbalance in the maritime power in the south, according to secret documents from the Royal Navy, is a much more important strategic base area set in the rock of Gibraltar Atlantic.

Counterparty, for thinking of Argentinean or rather political, strategic planners decades which actually exist-they stopped the British had already forgotten what 1982 and his involvement with the US in a such a risky operation, is reap their confidence and help the reestablishment of relations on an equal footing, showing the prelude of political stupidity. Examples of these mental structures so narrow we can see them in politicians like former foreign minister Dante Caputo, a true pro-British obsequiousness in his discourse leads him to the limits of nonsense.

As soon as they noticed that the Argentine was really, London went on to develop new plans to capitalize on Argentina's intervention and if necessary, use them as guinea pigs for the benefit of operations and if possible, of itself. No doubt that neither the government of then Carlos Menem let alone their top military leaders were to rise to the occasion and even less understood the implications surrounding participation in this military campaign, which was the source of all conflicts and the current reality sweeping the Middle east and inching across the globe.

At that time, Washington was going through a severe internal crisis which materialized by the plummeting popularity of President George H. Bush codger that the much criticized intervention in Panama in 1989 -to silence the CIA agent Manuel Noriega, the inevitable cuts in military spending that looked justified before the fall of the Soviet enemy, that since the beginning of the cold war guaranteed annual development billionaires weapons programs for "defense" which were subsidized by the government added that with the new reality, all that business was coming down. In this context and as we had planned the "Think Tank" of the defense and intelligence, was launched military engineering that was deployed in advance in the Arabian Peninsula especially in Saudi Arabia and had as tip group launches fast interdiction Airborne infantry US.

Obviously the Argentine government nor could imagine that there was this factual circumstantiality and is even quite possible, that in his tremendous ignorance of the prevailing international situation, revealing the "amateur" nature of that government, rush to claim to be part of it that the mass media was presented as "the invasion of Iraq to the small emirate of Kuwait" but in reality, it was a plan that was previously designed and saved in the archives of Washington.

But with regard to the Argentines, to London the news of his participation in the multinational force-beyond negative- comments represent an opportunity to measure the capabilities of their enemies and even the possibility of being used as decoys for the Argentina fell into an ambush mission that besides the losses would to sink any expectation for closer institutional relations with the US navy that could lead to the dreaded restructuring provided by US ships. The British are experts in dirty games or as they call them "dirty tricks" and were determined to take advantage of the opportunity presented to them.

By some accounts from prying eyes in the archives of the Ministry of Defense of His Majesty, have hinted that there would be a dossier prepared by the Intelligence of the Royal Navy of character "top secret" (Published: www.Warfile.com ) which refer to the participation of Argentina Navy in desert Shield and desert Storm operations in which they would find sketched a plan that could not be realized for reasons of own decisions or were arrested by order of the JIC run by the CIA or the Command in charge of intelligence in the theater or even both. The truth is that the British had something planned against the Argentines failed to materialize; perhaps it followed them discreetly to your home?