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To: Vendome

I believe those Swiss Guard are Swiss special forces soldiers. Some wear the Medievel uniforms and some do not.


37 posted on 08/11/2014 2:27:10 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: RedMDer

Switzerland doesn’t have 600 Special Operations troops sitting at the Vatican.

“Recruits to the guards must be Catholic, single males with Swiss citizenship who have completed basic training with the Swiss military and can obtain certificates of good conduct.”


49 posted on 08/11/2014 2:33:03 PM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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