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France declares war against al-Qaida
Breitbart.com/AP ^
| Jul 27 05:01 PM US/Eastern
| ELAINE GANLEY
Posted on 07/27/2010 2:56:37 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg
PARIS (AP) - France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network's North African branch, after the terror network killed a French aid worker it took hostage in April.
The declaration and attack marked a shift in strategy for France, usually discrete about its behind-the-scenes battle against terrorism.
"We are at war with al-Qaida," Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday, a day after President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the death of 78-year-old hostage Michel Germaneau.
The humanitarian worker had been abducted April 20 or 22 in Niger by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, and was later taken to Mali, officials said.
The killers will "not go unpunished," Sarkozy said in unusually strong language, given France's habit of employing quiet cooperation with its regional allies—Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Algeria—in which the al-Qaida franchise was spawned amid an Islamist insurgency.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: africa; algeria; aqim; france; francoisfillon; freedomfries; frencharmy; gwot; maghreb; mali; mauritania; michelgermaneau; nicolassarkozy; niger; northafrica; whiteflag; wot
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Welsome to the party, France!
(only 9 years late but hey at least they finally see the light...)
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:56:38 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
To: Mad Dawgg
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:58:56 PM PDT
by
mrmeyer
("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
To: Mad Dawgg
“We landed on the Moon!” - Lloyd Christmas
Took ‘em long enough!
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:58:58 PM PDT
by
GoDuke
To: Mad Dawgg
“There is no religion that sanctions what can only be described as cold-blooded murder,”
Wanna bet Sarko?
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:00:25 PM PDT
by
mainsail that
("A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights" - Napoleon Bonaparte)
To: Mad Dawgg
did the Frenchies surrender yet?
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:00:50 PM PDT
by
wny
To: Mad Dawgg
If only our own President had such guts ... we’d be a respected nation ... again.
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:01:01 PM PDT
by
OldNavyVet
(One trillion days, at 365 days per year, is 2,739,726,027 years ... almost 3 billion years)
To: Mad Dawgg
What party? We never declared war.
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:01:09 PM PDT
by
loreldan
(I'm shocked)
To: Mad Dawgg
Pardon me if i take a wait and see attitude on this.
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:01:09 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Obama is a failed experiment.)
To: Mad Dawgg
They surrendered to Al Qaeda an hour after this announcement.
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:02:17 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pin up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: OldNavyVet
Problem is that Stroker has all but declared war on the US.
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:03:09 PM PDT
by
Howie66
(I can see November from my house.)
To: Mad Dawgg
Won’t that mean invading their suburbs?
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:04:00 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Each day, I await a fresh insult to America by this usurper...he never fails to deliver.)
To: Mad Dawgg
France had better prepare for Urban Warfare....in France.
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:04:55 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: unkus
They already have urban warfare in France.Its largely under reported. The police there have been taking sniper rounds.And cars are again burning in the streets, as Muslim youth riot and pillage.
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:07:34 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(Obama .......yes.......is fascist... ..He meets every diagnostic of history.)
To: Mad Dawgg
You’d think that from all those Muslim riots in France the past few years would have lit a fire under their ass...
Where’s Charles (the Hammer) Martel when you need him!??
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:08:24 PM PDT
by
rbosque
(11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
To: wny
Oddly enough, all of the hotels in Vichy have been booked in the last 24 hours.
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:09:58 PM PDT
by
VanDeKoik
(Iran doesnt have a 2nd admendment. Ya see how that turned out?)
To: umgud
Pardon me if i take a wait and see attitude on this That's what I was going to say -- not exact words, but exact sentiment, and I couldn't have said it better.
To: Mad Dawgg
How bad is it in 2010?
The French think we’re gutless pussies....
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:12:46 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: Candor7
"They already have urban warfare in France.Its largely under reported. The police there have been taking sniper rounds.And cars are again burning in the streets, as Muslim youth riot and pillage." Question One: If all out war breaks out in the streets of France and Sarky asks for military aide From the USA will Obama send troops?
Question Two: If Obama does send troops which side will he help, "His" Allies or America's Ally France?
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:14:24 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
To: Mad Dawgg
France declares war against al-Qaida
Is this satire? The Onion maybe...???
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:15:54 PM PDT
by
barmag25
To: Mad Dawgg
Join the fight now or worship Allah later!
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posted on
07/27/2010 3:21:05 PM PDT
by
rbosque
(11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
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