Posted on 05/27/2016 6:10:31 AM PDT by PghBaldy
A soldier in France is in a serious condition after being stabbed by two men who reportedly criticised the country's airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria.
The victim, from the 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment, is being treated in hospital...
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Interesting unit history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Marine_Infantry_Parachute_Regiment
Wiped out at Dien Bien Phu; reconstituted two years later for operations in Algeria.
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