We need to stop shootings happening IN British Gibraltar Territorial Waters!

 

We need to stop shootings happening IN British Gibraltar Territorial Waters!

We the Defenders of Gibraltar have been actively busy since last year trying to get the UK Government and Foreign Commonwealth Office to do their duty and protect our waters!

We have done a lot of activity behind hte scenes and in public to get our voice heard. Not an easy task especially when dealing with UK who is too busy to appease Spain and not see the dangers.

We have written many letters, we have asked, pleaded, demanded and even begged for action as all we were getting was words!

Despite all our hard work and determination we have been falling on DEAF ears! So now what we were trying to avoid has happened! So let us now not wait for a death to happen at sea as we the people of GIBRALTAR will hold UK Government and the FCO accountable!

How dare you ignore our plight for so long! How dare you just continue to appease Spain at the expense of our safety and security! Everyone in the whole world knows that no one should allow a bully to get their way! The more you allow the more daring tactics they will try to push the boundaries even further!

Gibraltar and its people have been loyal and British for over 300 years! You have not sttod with us when we have needed you will you now step up your defense or wait until one of our people are severly injured or worse killed at sea!

At least finally the UK press is covering the incident and is now showing key interest to our plight - which before we have not been important news!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348272/Spanish-police-shots-British-jet-skier-Gibraltar-UK-government-condemn-completely-unacceptable-use-force-British-waters.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23044236

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/uk-protests-after-jetskier-fired-at-in-gibraltar-waters-8673741.html

http://www.defencemanagement.com/news_story.asp?id=23289

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10142230/Britain-protests-to-Spain-after-jet-skier-shot-at-off-Gibraltar.html

 http://vox.gi/local/7486-man-involved-in-shooting-incident-speaks-out.html

http://www.panorama.gi/

http://vox.gi/local/7485-jet-ski-incident-appears-to-be-a-very-serious-matter-says-govt.html

http://vox.gi/index.php?news=7494

 http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=29797

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/25/gibraltar-shooting-spain-britain_n_3497034.html


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Finally today for once we have proper protection in our waters as below: BUT SHAME ON YOU IN UK GOVERNMENT AND FCO for leaving it so late!

Photos courtesy of Trevor Bickerstaff

Out in Full Force Today
Its Nice to see that the Royal Navy & Local Enforcement agencies were out in full force today, The Royal Navy Hms Sabre P285 Has been in the bay all morning with RN Rhib patrolling our water's, Also Sir William Jackson and RGP Interceptor.....
Well Done boys But keep your Presence up, Don't Slack.........

 

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Although some action today to protect our waters i am but disheartened that it has taken an incident like this that could have gone so wrong to get all those who should defend us to actually get their act together and do their job!

We were all very lucky that this did not happen when there was the 10 year child on the jet ski.

So now I urge every citizen in Gibraltar and all  Pressure groups in Gibraltar to stand up with the Defenders of Gibraltar and get our voices heard even more than before!

I also ask that all of you around the world that read this blog to please send all our information around to get others to join us in our stand against the bully that Spain is!

Finally I urge all you people who are in Nato, UN, EU etc to find the courage to finally stand up and speak out for us "The People OF Gibraltar"

We say again ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! HELP US GET OUR VOICE HEARD!

Anne-Marie Struggles