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Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-12-2010, 03:30
Replies: 19
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Posted By Peros Banhos
DoubleWhisky is trying to access the MET page...

DoubleWhisky is trying to access the MET page containing an old petition. MET information on the Chagos situation is here:
Chagos Campaign | Marine Education Trust...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-12-2010, 14:24
Replies: 19
Views: 4,169
Posted By Peros Banhos
Gord May has done an excellent job of summarising...

Gord May has done an excellent job of summarising a complex situation and I agree with all that he says. I have one point I'd like to expand on. The leaked cable says "that the Foreign...
Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea 16-12-2010, 13:53
Replies: 3
Views: 5,437
Posted By Peros Banhos
I don't understand the new 3 month limit. I...

I don't understand the new 3 month limit. I thought the Foreign Office wanted the income. Perhaps it was a compromise between those in the FCO who wanted the income and those who wanted cruisers...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-02-2010, 18:46
Replies: 19
Views: 4,169
Posted By Peros Banhos
Hi Barnie, "Will yo also squirt the harmless...

Hi Barnie,

"Will yo also squirt the harmless food dye into the re-settlers toilets? Will you squirt the dye into the toilets of the US personel on DG. Will you have them empty their loos to the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-02-2010, 12:07
Replies: 19
Views: 4,169
Posted By Peros Banhos
I'm not here to give basic lessons in...

I'm not here to give basic lessons in biodiversity conservation, native species or invasive species.

The rodents have eliminated bird nesting from all or most of the overmature coconut plantation...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-02-2010, 10:33
Replies: 19
Views: 4,169
Posted By Peros Banhos
"Commonwealth colony" is a term I haven't heard...

"Commonwealth colony" is a term I haven't heard before. The Commonwealth is composed of independent nations that were once British colonies. Are you saying that by virtue of their Commonwealth...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-02-2010, 19:30
Replies: 19
Views: 4,169
Posted By Peros Banhos
Cruisers in the northern Chagos Archipelago

The native people of the Chagos Archipelago were not "relocated." They were forcibly exiled in the years up to 1973 by the UK, to make way for a US Naval base on Diego Garcia. Why this required the...
Forum: Indian Ocean & Red Sea 24-01-2010, 15:39
Replies: 13
Views: 8,579
Posted By Peros Banhos
The Chagossian people are actively fighting for...

The Chagossian people are actively fighting for the right to return to these islands from which they were illegally exiled 40 years ago. Many of the scientists you refer to are actively fighting to...
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