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French soldiers face robbery claim
BBC ^
| 01/02/04
Posted on 01/02/2004 7:53:38 PM PST by nypokerface
Four French soldiers are accused of robbing a bank in Ivory Coast they were supposed to be guarding, sources say.
The men have been placed under judicial investigation, one step short of formal charges, say judicial and military officials in Paris.
They are accused of taking 58,000 euros from the bank in the northern rebel-held town of Bouake.
The officials in Paris said the men were detained after allegedly trying to buy diamonds and gold.
The soldiers are accused of "aggravated theft" in November and December, sources say.
The soldiers are all said to come from the 126th Infantry Regiment, which was guarding the branch of the Central Bank of West African States. They are not being held in custody.
The branch had already been the scene of an attempted robbery and violent clashes between pro-government and rebel forces.
At least 23 people had died before the French moved in last September.
Four-thousand French troops are in Ivory Coast trying to ensure a fragile ceasefire holds.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: france; frenchsoldiers; ivorycoast; theft
To: nypokerface
Oops. Pépé le Moko strikes again!
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posted on
01/02/2004 7:57:04 PM PST
by
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(Marcus Tullius)
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posted on
01/02/2004 7:57:16 PM PST
by
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(If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
To: nypokerface
Hey,give'em a break . . . they left the nation's other 2,000 Euros there in the bank!
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posted on
01/02/2004 7:57:26 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is Slavery)
To: nypokerface
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posted on
01/02/2004 7:59:05 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Cicero
Despicable French. A Nazi like Nation. Banning head scarves, causing the deaths thousands of their elderly, having hundreds of nu-cule-ur weapons, a dictator running the country….and now this. We should start a protest against this country…
*sarcasm?*
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posted on
01/02/2004 8:09:02 PM PST
by
Dallas59
To: nypokerface
Kelly, Oddball, Big Joe, and Crapgame?
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posted on
01/02/2004 8:17:19 PM PST
by
Snake65
(Osama Bin Decomposing)
To: nypokerface
Was the blind man with a munkee the lookout?
To: nypokerface
So, these 4 French soldiers surrendered. Nuthin new.
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posted on
01/02/2004 8:24:15 PM PST
by
Mark
(Treason doth never prosper, for if it prosper, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.)
To: nypokerface
Are there cowardice, stupidity, and idiocy drill int he French army or is it just a national trait? So they are in a third world back water and can not even then get away with a simple robbery.
If any of our soldiers had done this they would have asked to have Bush put up for trial in a world court. So is Chiarac going to trial over this?
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posted on
01/02/2004 8:25:38 PM PST
by
JSteff
To: Snake65
Kelly, Oddball, Big Joe, and Crapgame? Give those guys a break...they fought the Germans.
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posted on
01/02/2004 8:57:49 PM PST
by
lowbridge
("Is it just me, or is Kwanzaa becoming way too commercialized?" -Ann Coulter)
To: nypokerface
Those folks are so...so...so FRENCH!
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posted on
01/02/2004 8:58:37 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Cicero
Oooh, this story is tempting me to do a new issue...
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posted on
01/02/2004 9:02:07 PM PST
by
flashbunny
(A corrupt society has many laws.)
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