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2004-11-06 Africa: Subsaharan

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Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-11-06 9:01:23 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Whoa! Mark 2:14 EST.
What was the last time the French Armed Forces shot down a plane?

Really I'd like to know... Algeria?

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-07 10:39:37 PM|| 2004-11-07 10:39:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't know about planes.

Last time they tried to sink a ship was when they launched the Charles de Gaulle.

Last time they attacked a ship was with Exocet missiles thru their Argentine proxy during the Falklands War.

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-07 10:40:32 PM|| [http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/] 2004-11-07 10:40:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Probably the Chadian civil, which was largely a secret war between France and Libya. Link here

This mostly unreported war was interesting, not least because it showed lightly armed irregulars could beat massed heavy armor.

Posted by phil_b 2004-11-07 10:41:09 PM|| 2004-11-07 10:41:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The French were fairly successful against Green Peace in New Zealand at the Battle of the Rainbow Warrior. That was back in '85. A purely naval engagement, though.

Posted by SteveS 2004-11-07 10:41:36 PM|| 2004-11-07 10:41:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Their greatest feat of naval arms since...?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-11-07 10:42:04 PM|| 2004-11-07 10:42:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 More details here, including this - "Everybody get your Frenchman!" young men in the mob shouted to each others.

Posted by phil_b 2004-11-07 10:43:22 PM|| 2004-11-07 10:43:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Mrs. D,

Since Sept. 5 1781, in Chesapeake Bay.

Posted by Darth VAda 2004-11-07 10:44:45 PM|| 2004-11-07 10:44:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 9 dead French soldiers and 22 wounded + an American aid worker. Sounds like the Ivorans attacked not a rebel, but a French base. Have the Ivorans decided to kick out the French presence and get on with the war?

Posted by ed 2004-11-07 10:45:19 PM|| 2004-11-07 10:45:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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