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France Donates Four Deadly Battle-Ships to Hezbollah – Report
BREAKINGISRAELNEWS ^ | April 6, 2020 , 1:42 pm | David Sidman

Posted on 04/07/2020 7:28:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Four French frigates entered Lebanese docks on Tuesday, March 24th.

According to a report by Al-Joumhouria, the ‘sophisticated’ French frigates are being ‘gifted’ to the Lebanese Military and will be joining the navy.

The Lebanese government, and hence its military are fully controlled by Hezbollah and the terror organization’s allies.

French ambassador to Beirut, Bruno Fouche, ‘personally supervised the operation’. Fouche even boarded one of the battleships that were delivered to Lebanon from the Toulon Naval Base in southern France.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: france; hezbollah; islam; israel; jerusalem; jihad; letshavejerusalem; muslims; navy; waronterror
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To: allendale

At least in one instance, I think French naval forces did contribute to the 1830 victory over the Ottoman Turks in Algeria, when France invaded and colonized that North African territory for more than a century. That victory helped to bring an end to the US war against the Barbary pirates begun under Jefferson.


61 posted on 04/07/2020 9:27:39 PM PDT by Carborundum
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To: nickcarraway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCoxmru38Xs&t=48


62 posted on 04/07/2020 9:31:55 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Larry Lucido

[Lebanese Navy has openings for “Ocean Floor Guy.”]

One would definitely be better off being a “Land Guy” who unhooks the ship from the thing, instead of going up against Israel.

To use George Costanza’s naval terms.


63 posted on 04/07/2020 10:10:23 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

So, is the U.S. going to have to sacrifice to rescue France from the muskies like it rescued them from the Germans in WWII?


64 posted on 04/07/2020 10:13:41 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The Lebanese government, and hence its military are fully controlled by Hezbollah and the terror organization's allies. French ambassador to Beirut, Bruno Fouche, 'personally supervised the operation'.

65 posted on 04/07/2020 10:33:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Leaning Right

I suppose the author meant to say “warship” instead of “battleship”. It’s just inexcusably sloppy reporting.

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I’m fair sure they’re just idiots and don’t know one from the other. Same thing happened during 9/11 when the USN moved ships into NY harbors to provide electricity from their onboard generators. Lots of crying out about “battleships” being sent to NYNY.

And reminds me of when the kerfuffle was going on at the Russian White House all these years ago.

Some high polish and parade painted AMD airborne capable armored personnel carriers arrived on scene and started disgorging troops. The American reporters call them “tank looking things”. Missed the hint that it was an airborne unit and *all* members of airborne units at that time were fully vetted communist party members.

Or little boy Bret Baier in his early days in Afghanistan, showing us a clip of aircraft refueling on the fly, and telling us about the “entrails” of the planes in the sky... meaning contrails.

journalists are idiots. all they learn in journo skool is how to identify the proper person in their chain o command or “news room” to fellate or drop trousers for in order to get more column inches or TV face time.


66 posted on 04/07/2020 10:43:01 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

And Iceland is Benjamin

Right ?


67 posted on 04/07/2020 10:50:48 PM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: nickcarraway

With any luck they will sink in water shallow enough to make a nice fishing reef.


68 posted on 04/07/2020 10:53:14 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Slo-Joe Biden... puts the DEM in Dementia.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

A half stick of dynamite is not a whole pack of full sticks. You still shouldn’t hand it to the village psycho.


69 posted on 04/07/2020 11:15:09 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: Paladin2

Coupla torpedoes aught to do it.


70 posted on 04/08/2020 2:50:02 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: nickcarraway

Fast Parol boats armed with 1-20mm cannon and 2-.50cal MGs plus can carry a helicopter/drones. lots of deck space to mount missiles


71 posted on 04/08/2020 2:53:20 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: ClearCase_guy

A patrol boat armed with a 20mm cannon and two .50 cal M2s is not a frigate, nor a battleship.


72 posted on 04/08/2020 3:24:50 AM PDT by .44 Special (Tiamid Buacach!)
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To: nickcarraway

Target practice for the Israeli Air Force.


73 posted on 04/08/2020 6:09:40 AM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oil field trash, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, Constitution worth dying for)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“A frigate is not a battle ship.”

So what’s your point. Frigates are a warship with a mixed armament, generally heavier than a destroyer (in the US Navy) and of a kind originally introduced for convoy escort work.


74 posted on 04/08/2020 6:24:01 AM PDT by Shane (When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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To: Shane

My point was about sloppy journalism.

These are the people who say you should not have an AR-15 because “fully automatic weapons” are not needed for deer hunting.

It’s just sloppy.

Battleships are huge and, as far as I know, no nation today has an active battleship. Frigates, on the other hand, are very common and significantly smaller.

To say that Lebanon now has “battleships” is grossly inaccurate.


75 posted on 04/08/2020 6:28:08 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I am less concerned about “sloppy journalism”, than I am France gifting frigates (which are warships) to Lebanon!


76 posted on 04/08/2020 6:47:35 AM PDT by Shane (When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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To: nickcarraway
A Hezbollah boaty-floaty becomes an Israeli sinky-sinky.


77 posted on 04/08/2020 6:53:45 AM PDT by Godzilla ( I just love the smell of COVFEFE in the morning . . . .)
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78 posted on 04/08/2020 7:10:40 AM PDT by SJackson (blow in a dogÂ’s face, he gets mad at you, car ride; he sticks his head out the window)
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To: prophetic

“...use this as a suicide weapon loaded with explosives to destroy Israel’s oil & gas platforms.”

Don’t really have to. I didn’t mention some of the other accessories this little corvette can get:

The Gowind-class of surface ships can be outfitted with 16 x Mica RF or Aster 15 series surface-air missiles. For handling surface threats, she can also support 8 x Exocet, RGM-84 Harpoon or RBS-15 Mk 3 series anti-ship missiles AND 4 x torpedo launchers along the hull.

As long as they can get armament, they can hit and run the areas you mentioned with a 21 knot speed and close support chopper capacity to include an unmanned helo.

rwood


79 posted on 04/08/2020 10:19:38 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: prophetic

“...use this as a suicide weapon loaded with explosives to destroy Israel’s oil & gas platforms.”

Don’t really have to. I didn’t mention some of the other accessories this little corvette can get:

The Gowind-class of surface ships can be outfitted with 16 x Mica RF or Aster 15 series surface-air missiles. For handling surface threats, she can also support 8 x Exocet, RGM-84 Harpoon or RBS-15 Mk 3 series anti-ship missiles AND 4 x torpedo launchers along the hull.

As long as they can get armament, they can hit and run the areas you mentioned with a 21 knot speed and close support chopper capacity to include an unmanned helo.

rwood


80 posted on 04/08/2020 10:19:53 AM PDT by Redwood71
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