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Old June 1st 04, 06:49 AM
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"news.free.fr" wrote in message
Le 01/06/2004, Newps a suppose :
Il n'y a decidement pas de limites a la connerie anglo-saxone...


Un autre lache anonyme de France, comment etonnant, oh !

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Old June 1st 04, 07:16 AM
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"AES/newspost" wrote in message
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In article ,
"George Z. Bush" wrote:

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Bob Fry" wrote

And another thing the French managed to do recently is avoid helping
to create another terrorist state in the Middle East.

?????????????


The reference is obviously to Iraq, where many people expect that, since

the
Shiite faction comprise a majority of Iraqis, a fundamentalist Islamic

nation
will eventually evolve from our ill-considered efforts to create a

democratic
form of government in the Middle East.


The French would obviously have much preferred to keep on doing
lucrative business deals [1] with the, shall we say, "pre-terrorist"
state that Iraq was prior to our "ill-considered efforts" [2].

[1] Lucrative for French businesses and French politicians, as I think
we now are aware.

[2] "Ill-planned" or "ill-implemented" or "ill-carried-through" efforts
might be a more accurate description).


mean like Cheney giving Billions of dollars of business to his chums at
Halliburton, whets the difference apart from Cheney is ripping off the US
tax payer.


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Old June 1st 04, 07:17 AM
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The French "invented" air to air kills with the shoot down of a german on
the 8. october 1914
The french pilot was Sergant Frantz.


So... No it it would not be the first kill.... Second perhaps ? :-)


"John Gaquin" skrev i melding
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"HECTOP" wrote in message news:KrLuc.23209

France pledges to shoot down private pilots in D-Day air space


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




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Old June 1st 04, 07:26 AM
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A bit on the side but a small reflection:

Is not France a member of the International Crime Court ?
Do they not have an obligation to arrest suspected warcriminals like Bush
and Blair ? So should they not simply stay at home to avoid a moral problem
of NOT arresting them?
They should after all be arrested... but in the real world this would start
WWIII...


?
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"HECTOP" skrev i melding
. ..
I know this is gonna start a riot, but...

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-dday31.html

France pledges to shoot down private pilots in D-Day air space
May 31, 2004
BY BEN FENTON [Ad]

ARROMANCHES, France -- Private pilots who stray into Normandy air space
during the 60th anniversary of D-Day next weekend will be shot down,

French
officials said Sunday.
With at least 16 heads of state, including President Bush, attending the
ceremonies, organizers are guarding particularly against an al-Qaida

attack
from the air.
It is one of the biggest security exercises in Europe since the war.
An enormous network of radar equipment has been stretched between

Deauville
and Cherbourg, with early warning aircraft already in the skies.
The aircraft will be joined this week by small, remote-controlled drones.
Advanced Crotale anti-aircraft missiles have been primed, and two

squadrons
of Mirage 2000 fighters are stationed nearby.
The French ministry of defense has spared no expense. It has established a
temporary air base at Carpiquet, outside the city of Caen, as the hub of

its
defenses.
There, more than 800 soldiers will maintain round-the-clock surveillance,
backed by more than 50 military helicopters.
A spokesman for the 120-acre camp said: "The dangers are multiple, from a
hijacked airliner being crashed into the stands at the main international
ceremony at Arromanches to a tiny bomb being detonated remotely.
"But we are stretching an impenetrable fabric of protection above

Normandy."
At sea, fishermen and pleasure craft have been banned from the Seine Bay
that stretches along the beaches code named Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and
Sword on June 6, 1944.
A French carrier, Charles de Gaulle, and an American carrier, George
Washington, will be patrolling the bay, which will also be swept for

mines.
On land, more than 9,000 French troops are arriving this week,

supplementing
the 6,300 gendarmes and 2,300 police officers already on duty.
Arromanches' 534 residents have been told that they must either stay

indoors
throughout next Sunday or leave the area.

Daily Telegraph


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Old June 1st 04, 07:58 AM
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HECTOP avait prétendu :
"news.free.fr" wrote in message
Le 01/06/2004, Newps a suppose :
Il n'y a decidement pas de limites a la connerie anglo-saxone...


Un autre lache anonyme de France, comment etonnant, oh !

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On dit, "un autre lâche anonyme Français", cher monsieur, et "etonnant,
non?" (formule interrogative).

On ne dit pas "con vous êtes", mais, "vous êtes con".

Il est vrai qu'en toute matière, la subtilité fait défaut à
l'anglo-saxon.

C'est curieux, je pensais les slaves plus futés. Comme quoi, l'abus de
Mc Donald nuit à la santé.

LuisFrance

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Old June 1st 04, 08:34 AM
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"Shiver Me Timbers" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:


Not really. have to go back over 400 years to find the french trace.


Must be tough to be ashamed of your heritage.


Even worse to not even have one, eh Timbers?


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Old June 1st 04, 09:23 AM
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"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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Skysurfer writes:

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


And another thing the French managed to do recently is avoid helping
to create another terrorist state in the Middle East.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Oh, Bob, you're a riot!


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Old June 1st 04, 11:11 AM
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AES/newspost wrote :

The French would obviously have much preferred to keep on doing
lucrative business deals [1] with the, shall we say,
"pre-terrorist" state that Iraq was prior to our "ill-considered
efforts" [2].

[1] Lucrative for French businesses and French politicians, as I
think we now are aware.


"No more persuasive is the widely voiced (in the U.S.) argument that
the French were defending wide-reaching and profitable commercial
relationships with Saddam's regime. The truth is that France enjoyed
minor economic ties with Saddam. Under the United Nations'
now-defunct Oil for Food program with Saddam's Iraq, the French were
only the 13th-largest participant. The U.S. under that program
bought more than 50 percent of Iraq's total oil exports, the French
8 percent."

See :

"The French Were Right" (The National Journal)
http://nationaljournal.com/about/njw...03/1107nj1.htm
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Old June 1st 04, 11:14 AM
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wrote :

Finally, something the French can handle....unarmed private
pilots.


See : http://www.specialoperations.com/Cou...rism/gign.html

Not all country seem to bo so efficient ...

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Old June 1st 04, 11:17 AM
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Bob Fry wrote :

Skysurfer writes:

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


And another thing the French managed to do recently is avoid
helping to create another terrorist state in the Middle East.


"France was the only country, other than the United States, to
conduct air strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan, with their
Mirage jets and Super Etenard fighters hitting more than 30 targets
during Operation Anaconda in March 2002. The French enthusiastically
backed the Afghanistan war, breaking with Washington only on the
Iraq question."

See : "The French Were Right" (The National Journal)
http://nationaljournal.com/about/njw...03/1107nj1.htm
 




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