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French smear Brit War Dead
Online Sun ^ | April 2, 2003 | Simon Hughes

Posted on 04/02/2003 6:22:44 AM PST by Hostage

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SICK French yobs daubed a swastika and vile anti-war slurs at a cemetery for 11,000 British troops.

The showpiece cenotaph at the graveyard in Northern France was smeared in red paint with the words: “Dig up your rubbish. It’s fouling our soil.”

Other slogans at the Etaples cemetery near Boulogne included “Death to the Yankees” and “Saddam Hussein will win and spill your blood.”

And the vandals wrote “Rosbeefs go home” — the French insult for Brits is roast-beefs. Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush were also branded war criminals.

The graffiti was discovered by a shocked gardener and spotted by around 80 visitors. It was cleaned off the same day.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: antiwar; cemetaries; fallenheroes; france; ingrates; memorialdesecration; weasels
Something else to be angry about with the French. Some may think we need to quell the anger but in my opinion the anger should be expressed for a time. The French need to feel our anger in a big way.
1 posted on 04/02/2003 6:22:45 AM PST by Hostage
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To: Hostage
The French need to feel our anger in a big way.

Clusterbombs over Paris would be fine with me.

SO9

2 posted on 04/02/2003 6:26:28 AM PST by Servant of the Nine (JDAM the Arabs, Full Speed Ahead)
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Why am I not surprised? The frogs are not an ally to the USA or Britain.
3 posted on 04/02/2003 6:28:44 AM PST by conservativecorner
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Apologies for the multiple posting. Previous thread at this link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/882464/posts?page=86#86
4 posted on 04/02/2003 6:34:41 AM PST by Hostage
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