The World - News from Nov. 12, 1985
An Argentine military prosecutor urged prison terms as long as 12 years for former President Leopoldo F. Galtieri and two other armed forces commanders who took Argentina to war in 1982 in the mistaken belief that Britain would not fight for the Falkland Islands. The prosecutor’s statement came during the summing-up phase of the two-year court-martial, in which 16 officers are accused of military negligence. Galtieri, as president and army commander, ordered the ill-fated invasion.
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