Additional
Information: Between 1967 and 1973 2000 residents of the Chagos Islands were evacuated by the British in order to allow the US to build its Indian Ocean base at Diego Garcia.
Chagos Islands Sites:
BBC NEWS | UK | Q&A: Chagos Islands dispute BBC NEWS | UK | Q&A: Chagos Islands dispute: Background to the battle for compensation between thousands of Chagos islanders and the British Government. (Chagos Islands) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3177682.stm
BBC NEWS | UK | Diego Garcia: remembering paradise lost BBC NEWS | UK | Diego Garcia: remembering paradise lost: Thirty-five years after his people were ejected from their Indian Ocean paradise by the British Government, young Jean Redi Bancoult has not forgotten his motherland. (Chagos Islands) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/835963.stm
Chagos Islands Indigenous Population Internet Site Chagos Islands Indigenous Population Internet Site: Advocates for the rights of residents displaced from the islands for the construction of the US Naval Base at Diego Garcia. Information about the islands and their native population. (Chagos Islands) http://www.chagos.org/home.htm
The Provisional Peoples Democratic Republic of Diego Garcia The Provisional Peoples Democratic Republic of Diego Garcia: Tongue in cheek site from US servicemen who served, or are serving, in Diego Garcia. (Chagos Islands) http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/ppdrdg.html
Additional
Information: Between 1967 and 1973 2000 residents of the Chagos Islands were evacuated by the British in order to allow the US to build its Indian Ocean base at Diego Garcia.
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