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French Hostage 'Shown In Video'(FRENCH TROOPS MUST WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ TERRORISTS WIN DARWIN AWARD)
BBC ^
| 12/28/05
Posted on 12/28/2005 11:32:44 AM PST by areafiftyone
A militant group in Iraq has threatened to kill a French water engineer seized three weeks ago, unless France ends its "illegitimate presence" in the country. A video apparently showing hostage Bernard Planche held at gunpoint was broadcast by Arab channel Al-Arabiya.
The channel said the previously unknown armed group had demanded the withdrawal of French troops from Iraq. France has not sent forces to the country.
Mr Planche was abducted by gunmen from his home in Baghdad's Mansour district.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bernardplanche; france; hostages; iraq; planche
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To: areafiftyone
Once again we find the French on the front line. /s
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:34:20 AM PST
by
stocksthatgoup
("It's inexcusable to tell us to 'connect the dots' and not give us the tools to do so." G W Bush)
To: areafiftyone
Must be scrapping the bottom of the barrel for terrorists.
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:34:40 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: areafiftyone
French troops in Iraq? That's news to me.
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:34:51 AM PST
by
rdb3
(This is a ch__ch. What's missing?)
To: areafiftyone
" . . demanded the withdrawal of French troops from Iraq."
Ah, the intellect of both the French and the terrorists on display.
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:34:53 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: areafiftyone
Bye, bye Bernie...Au Revoir!
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:35:06 AM PST
by
Former Dodger
( "Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." --Einstein)
To: areafiftyone
"Withdrawal of French troops"?? From where?
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:35:18 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: areafiftyone; rightinthemiddle
Oh God. That is funny! you cannot make this crap up fast enough to keep up with reality
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:36:52 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.--GWBush)
To: areafiftyone
How does that win a Darwin award then? Who died stupidly?
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:37:30 AM PST
by
Canard
To: areafiftyone
Are they sure the hostage isn't a French car????
To: areafiftyone
France, in response, has dispatched a planeload of troops
to Iraq, so that they can be immediately withdrawn.
To: MNJohnnie
That's OK the French will surrender anyway.
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:38:40 AM PST
by
marlon
To: areafiftyone
Thanks for making my day. :)
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:38:47 AM PST
by
publana
(yes, I checked the preview box without previewing)
To: areafiftyone
The French could win their first battle by sending 1 soldier INTO IRAQ to shun the terrorist's demands.
To: sarasota
Prostetes?
Sheep?
Choir boy?
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:39:13 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: areafiftyone
The French already surrendered to them.
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:39:34 AM PST
by
Leatherneck_MT
(Uncommon Valor was a common Virtue)
To: rdb3
There is a possibility that they are there in the same sense that there are a few dozen Canadians that were assigned to American units for cross training and deployed with the US when they went in. The Canuck government is loathe to acknowledge their presence but it (at least at the beginning) was real.
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:39:46 AM PST
by
mitchbert
(Facts Are Stubborn Things .)
To: areafiftyone
What? No French troops in Iraq?
Oh. I'm sorry. Never mind.
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:40:27 AM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: areafiftyone
French doors are the least protective of all door designs......That's why they're called "French Doors"............
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:40:32 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him)
To: Former Dodger
You've got to be kidding. We don't call them cheese-eating surrender monkeys for nothing. Of course they'll negotiate and Bernie will be home if not by New Year's Eve, then certainly by Easter. Count on it. Cheese-eating surrender monkeys will be cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
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