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Europe
Cyprus and France sign military cooperation deal...
2007-03-03
...Turkish knickers get knotted.
Posted by:Seafarious

#4  They needed a forward supply depot to store white flags.
Posted by: DMFD   2007-03-03 23:16  

#3  it does allow for quick evac/refuel/return for more evacs of French UNIFIL troops in Lebanon when they're overrun by Hezbollah
Posted by: Frank G   2007-03-03 11:47  

#2  This sounds like the French sticking their nose in something just to start some trouble.

You could knock me over with a feather.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-03-03 11:33  

#1  I can't see why the French would need to have military landing rights at a Cypriot airport. I'm sure the British would provide them whatever they needed at RAF Akrotiri. This sounds like the French sticking their nose in something just to start some trouble.
Posted by: mac   2007-03-03 05:30  

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