British PM stokes war of words

Prime Minister David Cameron accused Argentina of "colonialism" towards the Falklands and warned Britain was ready to defend them, stoking tensions over the islands 30 years after they sparked a war.
Speaking to the House of Commons on Wednesday, Cameron condemned Argentina's increasingly strong rhetoric over the British-held South Atlantic archipelago, which Buenos Aires claims as its own.
He revealed that Britain's National Security Council had met on Tuesday to review its military plans for the islands, saying he was "determined we should make sure that our defences and everything else is in order".
"What the Argentinians have been saying recently, I would argue, is actually far more like colonialism because these people want to remain British and the Argentinians want them to do something else," he said.
His comments sparked a furious response in Argentina, with Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo telling reporters they were "totally offensive, especially coming from Great Britain".
Foreign Minister Hector Timerman added that "obviously at a time when there are only remnants of colonialism, Great Britain, in an imperial decline, decides to rewrite history", in remarks to the official Telam news agency.