HECTOP wrote :

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
I'll have to do some checking. Would this be the first time the
French have managed to shoot down any plane, anywhere? :-)

The French Government announced today that in light of the Madrid
bombing, France has raised its terror alert level from "run" to
"hide." The only two higher levels in France are "surrender" and
"collaborate."

One (between others) thing France has managed to do :
http://www.specialoperations.com/Cou...rism/gign.html

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"The French Were Right" (The National Journal)
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