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France to send 400 troops to Lebanon
Yahoo (AP) ^
| August 17, 2006
| JAMEY KEATEN,
Posted on 08/17/2006 1:24:04 PM PDT by John Carey
President Jacques Chirac announced Thursday that France will immediately double to 400 troops its contingent in the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
The statement from Chirac's office came after he spoke by phone with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. France currently leads the UNIFIL force in southern Lebanon, and its decision-making on its role in a strengthened force has been closely watched.
Chirac told Annan that France "will immediately double its current contribution by sending 200 men," the statement said.
The plan will be presented at a U.N. meeting in New York later Thursday to flesh out which countries will participate in the peacekeeping force as it expands from the current 2,000 troops to as many as 15,000, Chirac's office said.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; ceasefire; france; frenchtroops; frogs; geopolitics; israel; lebanon; peace; un
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To: John Carey
Looks like Hezbollah will get their reinforcements.
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:24:40 PM PDT
by
D-Chivas
To: John Carey
400 french troops?
That should be enough to hold off one suicide bomber...provided she's not over eight at the time.
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:24:53 PM PDT
by
markomalley
(Vivat Iesus!)
To: John Carey
400 french troops?
That should be enough to hold off one suicide bomber...provided she's not over eight at the time.
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:24:56 PM PDT
by
markomalley
(Vivat Iesus!)
To: John Carey
France to send 400 troops to LebanonWhere they will immediately surrender to the Hezzies.
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:25:13 PM PDT
by
capydick
(Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.)
To: John Carey
Wow, that's enough to clean the latrines but what about disarming Hezbollah?
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:25:29 PM PDT
by
The Iceman Cometh
(Just another evil conservative)
To: capydick
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:25:43 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: John Carey
Whoa, no way. When did France get troops?
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:25:45 PM PDT
by
Democracy In Iraq
(When a soldier dies, a protester gloats, a family cries, an Iraqi votes)
To: John Carey
100 troops each with his own butler, chef and chauffeur?
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:25:49 PM PDT
by
msnimje
("Beware the F/A - 22 Raptor with open doors" -- Unknown US NAVY Raptor Pilot)
To: The Iceman Cometh
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:26:28 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: msnimje
400? What is that ratio 1 for every sane moderate muslim in country?
To: Democracy In Iraq
French troops will be lead by a little girl.. again.
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:26:54 PM PDT
by
divine_moment_of_facts
("Liberals see what they believe... Conservatives believe what they see")
To: markomalley; D-Chivas
You both beat me to th punch.
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:27:19 PM PDT
by
Global2010
(Show me da paw Ya'll)
To: John Carey; All
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:28:31 PM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: The Iceman Cometh
"but what about disarming Hezbollah?"
Whut, Are you crazy? Ze Hezbul-La-La are nutz. Ve wantz nothzing to do wit zem.
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:29:54 PM PDT
by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: John Carey
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:30:18 PM PDT
by
stm
(Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence)
To: John Carey
President Jacques Chirac announced Thursday that France will immediately surrender 400 troops to the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
The statement from Chirac's office came after he spoke by phone with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:31:10 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
To: capydick
Wow! DOUBLE what we expected! 400 instead of 200! Golly!!
To: MPJackal
The problem may be that we simple people don't understand the UN definition of dis-arming.
The UN defines disarming as removing the old and outdated with weaponry that is more up to date.
To: John Carey
"President Jacques Chirac announced Thursday that France will immediately double to 400 troops its contingent in the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon."
As if having the original number of French was not bad enough. Now it will be twice as bad.
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posted on
08/17/2006 1:33:34 PM PDT
by
GSlob
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