"France declares war against al-Qaida"

[Smaland]

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.

Full article (http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jul/27/france-declares-war-against-al-qaida/?breakingnews)

[Treffie]

LOL @comments to this story


$100 they surrender by Saturday.

[The Lawspeaker]

Hmmm France's attacking a CIA hideout (Al Qaida was founded by the CIA) ?! When are the French presidential/parlementary elections ?

[Vrijbuiter]

Hmmm France's attacking a CIA hideout (Al Qaida was founded by the CIA) ?! When are the French presidential/parlementary elections ?

Spring 2012

[The Lawspeaker]

Spring 2012
Then the election campaign of the Sarko crew starts early. :eek:

[Tyrrhenoi]

They will send in the 'Legionairs' :D LoL - the elite of Frensh troops are all foreigners :D

The conventional frensh troops do not fight without this tool:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:SSVKQ4ejt40ySM:http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n271/douggells/FrenchArmyKnife.jpg&t=1

[The Lawspeaker]

They will send in the 'Legionairs' :D LoL - the elite of Frensh troops are all foreigners :D

The conventional frensh troops do not fight without this tool:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:SSVKQ4ejt40ySM:http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n271/douggells/FrenchArmyKnife.jpg&t=1
Well...the frog army is not what it used to be.
You really wouldn't have wanted to mess with them during WW1....

[Tyrrhenoi]

Well...the frog army is not what it used to be.
....

Exactly :D:thumb001:

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[The Lawspeaker]

Exactly :D:thumb001:

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Compare that lot to these men. :coffee:

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