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French hostage freed by military (in Iraq)
CNN ^ | January 08, 2006

Posted on 01/07/2006 11:29:54 PM PST by jmc1969

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A French humanitarian worker who had been held hostage in Iraq for more than a month was freed Saturday during a joint U.S.-Iraqi military operation, the military said.

Conducting a joint search operation in the area, U.S. and Iraqi military came upon the farmhouse, and Planche's captors fled, leaving him free to walk away.

Planche, a resident of Lyons, France, was kidnapped in Baghdad's Mansour neighborhood on December 5.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: france; hostages; iraq; morons
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1 posted on 01/07/2006 11:29:57 PM PST by jmc1969
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Good work!


2 posted on 01/07/2006 11:32:08 PM PST by oolatec
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To: jmc1969
France opposed the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, and has no troops in Iraq.

Genius

3 posted on 01/07/2006 11:39:00 PM PST by justrepublican (Screaming like a keynote speaker at a Wellstone memorial.........!)
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To: jmc1969

It is wrong to be French.


4 posted on 01/07/2006 11:41:29 PM PST by lowbridge (All that is needed for evil to triumph is for "RINOS" to do something)
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To: jmc1969

Your welcome, France.


5 posted on 01/07/2006 11:43:35 PM PST by taxesareforever (Government is running amuck)
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To: jmc1969

I wonder how long it is before we read of an article about how good his captors were and how bad America is?


6 posted on 01/07/2006 11:50:32 PM PST by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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To: CzarNicky

Not long.


7 posted on 01/08/2006 12:41:17 AM PST by DB (©)
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To: CzarNicky

The British media side with the terrorists.

http://ussneverdock.blogspot.com/2006/01/iraq-french-hostage-rescued.html


8 posted on 01/08/2006 1:00:33 AM PST by MarcL
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To: MarcL

He was French. SO I guess the British want to give him back to the terrorists for that reason?? /sarcasm


9 posted on 01/08/2006 1:33:50 AM PST by GeronL (http://flogerloon.blogspot.com)
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To: jmc1969
You gotta love our US soldiers.

Those guys must have been in mental conflict about saving one of the backstabbing, wimpy frogs....but they did it anyway.

Great job.

10 posted on 01/08/2006 1:56:12 AM PST by Earthdweller ("West to Islam" Cake. Butter your liberals, slowly cook France, stir in Europe then watch it rise.)
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To: jmc1969

Good job!


11 posted on 01/08/2006 2:14:41 AM PST by Atlantic Bridge (O tempora! O mores!)
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To: MarcL

"The British media side with the terrorists."

Not sure which part of what you linked you got that from? At least read your sources.

Seems like there's differing 'official accounts' of what happened at the moment.

Fox News currently have a story based on the AP report cited by the BBC and Guardian stories linked:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181000,00.html


12 posted on 01/08/2006 2:30:33 AM PST by Canard
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To: jmc1969

So, the story is- Frenchmen saved by USA military.

French military nowhere to be seen- oh wait, there they are, eating snails and drinking wine with the enemy.


13 posted on 01/08/2006 2:57:00 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: lowbridge
It is wrong to be French.

It is not wrong to be French it is only wrong to stay French.

14 posted on 01/08/2006 5:01:34 AM PST by bkepley
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To: MarcL

Thanks for the link, and this quote is incredible:

"America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge. I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture..." BBC's Washington correspondent Justin Webb


15 posted on 01/08/2006 5:06:24 AM PST by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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To: jmc1969; Old Sarge
Planche's captors fled, leaving him free to walk away.

Are we sure it wasn't the French kidnapping the French?? Sorry! I can't help it, but this made me giggle this morning. Glad he's free.

16 posted on 01/08/2006 5:15:03 AM PST by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: StarCMC
Here's a different take on this story -- unless it's a different story altogether!!

From Fox News

a French engineer taken hostage last month was pushed out of a car near a checkpoint in a Baghdad suburb, apparently freed by nervous captors who then fled, police said.

17 posted on 01/08/2006 5:28:41 AM PST by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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LOL -- also from the foxnews version:

Arab news channel Al-Arabiya, which broadcast an excerpt of the video, said the militants denounced the "illegal French presence" in Iraq and demanded the withdrawal of French troops from the country. France has not sent forces to Iraq.

Ahem. Ooops!

18 posted on 01/08/2006 5:31:45 AM PST by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: jmc1969

US troops saving french swine PING!


19 posted on 01/08/2006 8:39:34 AM PST by bayouranger
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To: lowbridge

THIS JUST IN...

In what may be the greatest act of terrorism since 9/11, al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists have taken 100 Frenchmen hostage, and are threatening to release one per hour until their demands are met.


20 posted on 01/08/2006 9:59:31 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("MOO...BANG...MOOO!")
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