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2014-12-08 Iraq

France launchs massive air raid on ISIS targets in Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2014-12-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Seems the French have had an epiphany on terrorism that the ever doting French admiring John Kerry should have had.

Too bad youknowwho either doesn't care or likes the way things are going.

Posted by Mystic 2014-12-08 01:45|| 2014-12-08 01:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Probably an error in translation - they attacked a massif (mountain).

mas•sif (mæˈsif, ˈmæs ɪf)

noun
1. a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits.

[1515–25; < French, n.]

Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010.

Posted by Bobby 2014-12-08 07:37|| 2014-12-08 07:37|| Front Page Top

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