Operation Algeciras was a failed plan conceived by the Argentinian military to sabotage a Royal Navy warship in Gibraltar during the Falklands War. Algeciras - Arabic: الجزيرة الخضراء is a port city in the south of Spain, and is the largest urban area on the Bay of Gibraltar For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) A warship is a Ship that is built and primarily intended for Combat. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the

The operation was approved by Admiral Jorge Anaya and kept secret from most of his comrades. Rear Admiral Jorge Isaac Anaya ( 27 September 1926 &ndash 9 January 2008) was a member of the Argentine Navy. Two former members of the Peronist guerrilla Montoneros with underwater experience were convinced to join in spite of the earlier repression of the guerrilla by the military. The Montonero Peronist Movement (Movimiento Peronista Montonero was an Argentine left-wing Peronist guerrilla group active during the 1960s and 1970s The planners would deny any Argentinian official involvement. From Spanish territory during 1982, a 3-man force (the Montoneros and a liaison Argentine officer) monitored British naval traffic around Gibraltar, preparing to attack a target of opportunity when ordered, using frogmen and Italian limpet mines. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) A frogman is someone who is trained to dive or swim in a military capacity often in combat A naval mine is a self-contained Explosive device placed in water to destroy Ships or Submarines Unlike Depth charges mines are deposited However, the plan failed after British intelligence intercepted and decrypted communications between Buenos Aires and the Madrid embassy and informed the Spanish government, who arrested the team. Intelligence (abbreviated int or intel) is not Information, but the product of evaluated information valued for its currency and relevance rather than Chief of State King Juan Carlos I, since November 22 1975; Queen Sofia Prince of Asturias Felipe The arrest was handled by the ministry of the Interior without involving CESID, the Spanish intelligence agency. Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa (CESID was the Spanish Intelligence agency before the current Centro Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI took The Chief of Government Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo flew the team and the policemen to Madrid in the plane that he chartered for the Andalusian election campaign. Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo 1st Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo ( Don Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo 1 From there the Argentinians were flown back to their country.

In 2003, an Argentine-Spanish documentary movie, Operación Algeciras told the story of the covert operation. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

External links

• Falklands war almost spread to Gibraltar The Guardian
• Operación Algeciras review (Spanish)
• Article on Operación Algeciras (English)

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