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From: jallred@bbn.com (John Allred)
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Subject: Re: Last Sub Attack?
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Date: 22 Apr 89 04:30:36 GMT
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From: jallred@bbn.com (John Allred)

In article <5790@cbnews.ATT.COM> goofy!apple.com!teener@apple.com (Michael Teener) writes:
>The "General Belgrano(?)", an Argentine cruiser of WWII USN vintage was 
>torpedoed and sunk during the Falklands (Malvinas) War.  Lots of people 
>died, and the Argentine Navy never got near the Falklands for the rest of 
>the war.  Note that the Argentines claimed that the Belgrano was never in 
>the war zone, but the British (obviously) disagreed.  Does anyone know 
>what was really going on?

I remember seeing a video ("Battle for the Falklands") done by the
independent British TV company.  In it, they interviewed the skipper of
HMS Conquerer, who stated something like "they (Belgrano and her two
escorts) were a threat to the task force, ..., and under direct orders I
went in and attacked."

The video also stated that the Belgrano was just outside the 200 mile
exclusion zone when she was hit.  The graphics suggested that she was on
a heading that would have taken her into the zone.

Sorry for the lack of detail, but it has been three years since I've seen
the video.
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John Allred
BBN Systems and Technologies Corp.
(jallred@bbn.com)

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