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2003-08-26 Africa: West

Ivory Coast rebels kill two French soldiers

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Posted by Frank G 2003-08-26 9:52:43 AM|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Has France surrendered yet?

Posted by wills 2003-8-26 12:22:08 PM|| 2003-8-26 12:22:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 It's another Indochina!

Posted by Hermetic 2003-8-26 12:57:51 PM|| 2003-8-26 12:57:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Now the French are screwing up in peacekeeping efforts. Everyone point and laugh!

Posted by Charles 2003-8-26 2:41:36 PM|| 2003-8-26 2:41:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 This is why I am pleased that we lifted our marines back onto our amphibious ships. We now are in position to back up both the West Africans and our allies, the French.

Posted by Steve D 2003-8-26 2:58:27 PM|| 2003-8-26 2:58:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 There was a heated exchange and the rebels opened fire as the French prepared to turn and leave the scene

They were TRYING to retreat, and f*cked that up too.

They USED to rule Europe??

Posted by Ptah 2003-8-26 4:01:41 PM|| [HTTP://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-8-26 4:01:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 the french generally do a good job militarily in these little wars. Theyd be great to have at our side in Iraq, if they werent so friendly with precisely the people who want make Iraq a tyranny again. They do well militarily in Africa - no one can accuse them of imposing democracy there.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-8-26 4:24:19 PM|| 2003-8-26 4:24:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The BBC, CNN, and LeMonde are reporting French causalties since the beginning of the deployment at 10,000 (non-combat, mostly heat, related) and 2 (combat related). Military analysts don't know how long the French military can hold out. They had already reached their pain threshold on D + 2 of the deployment when one, Pvt. Pierre Le Pu reported to sick call for a blister on his left foot.

Chirac is calling for an immediate UN Security Council meeting to figure out who will save them this time. A joint US-UK response just released stated "Don't call us, we'll call you."

Meanwhile French field commanders are already drawing up the terms of their surrender as per Chirac's orders.

World opinion stands firmly behind the theory that it's all the fault of President Bush and the people of the United States. Leading this charge is the entire Democratic Party. (who else)

The UN wanted to place sanctions on the US and punish them with "shock and awe" type military strikes. Unfortunately, they can't figure out how to request financial and military support from the US to do so.

In other news, Coffee Ann Ann and the rest of the UN have moved up on the list of spine transplant recipients to numbers 108,573-109,885. Good luck we hope you all recieve one soon.

Posted by Paul 2003-8-26 6:39:55 PM|| 2003-8-26 6:39:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#8
Ashamed? It was brilliant! LOL, Paul!

Posted by Ptah 2003-8-26 10:38:13 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-8-26 10:38:13 PM|| Front Page Top

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