Posted on 02/15/2006 6:50:49 AM PST by voice of india
PARIS: French President Jacques Chirac has ordered the asbestos-lined warship Clemenceau to return to France on Wednesday, after a top administrative court suspended its transfer to India.
Chirac's decision was a victory for environmentalists who had assailed the decision to send the asbestos-carrying Clemenceau to India, where it was to be broken up.
"This is a victory for international law, a victory for Indian workers, and a victory for workers all across Asia," Greenpeace France director Pascal Husting said.
"I congratulate the president on this decision." The fate of the decommissioned Clemenceau, once a symbol of French naval prowess, has embarrassed the government before Chirac leaves Thursday on a five-day trip to Thailand and India.
Chirac decided that the ship should return to France "until a definitive solution is found for dismantling," a statement from his office said. He also ordered further tests to determine exactly how much asbestos is aboard.
"Clemenceau, once a symbol of French naval prowess"
That must be one very, very, very old ship.
Was asbestos even invented then?
The French had an aircraft carrier at the battle of Yorktown. No wonder the British fleet couldn't rescue General Cornwallis.
A: it's asbestos insulation
Thats FUNNY!!!
Truth is stranger than fiction.Its funny because its true.
It will probably be sunk as an artificial reef. Giving the fish Mesothelioma .
the French are going to secretly recommission the carrier, they need somewhere to sign the next surrender.
"the asbestos-lined warship Clemenceau"
--- Must be to prevent the "misguided youths" from burning it
There's a lawyer for that.
Just park it in one of the riot neighborhoods. They'll blow it up burn it etc in no time..........
Thank you, No asbestosis or lung cancer either
viva la india!!
Actually, wasn't it that aircraft could land but couldn't take off again because the deck was too short...or the catapult was too weak; I forget?
Or maybe, thats the problem on their latest carrier, not the Clemenceau ....which was an earlier ship.
Anyone....help me get my facts straight.
Thats FUNNY!!!
Yes, how crazy can these people be allowed to be???
"Was asbestos even invented then?"
Asbestos is a mineral that God invented.
Leave it to the French to try and fly trucks off an aircraft carrier.
I'm sure their catapults could toss those trucks a pretty good distance. Kinda like french naval artillery.
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