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French aircraft carrier back in French Port
XINHUA NEWS AGENCY
| 2/25/03
Posted on 02/25/2003 9:43:16 AM PST by kattracks
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posted on
02/25/2003 9:43:16 AM PST
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
The French are lucky it didn't sink.
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posted on
02/25/2003 9:45:23 AM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
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To: kattracks
Yup they found out their flight deck was another 3 meters short.
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posted on
02/25/2003 9:45:39 AM PST
by
dts32041
(Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a "4".)
To: kattracks
after three weeks of exercises in the eastern Mediterranean3 weeks! How exhaustive.
Now for 3 months of liberty!
To: kattracks
French warships ALWAYSreturn to port to surrend..it's part of French Naval doctrine.....this way, the crew doesn't havre to get their feet wet when they disembark......see WW II..French navy surrenders after Brit fleet pounds it..
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posted on
02/25/2003 9:46:06 AM PST
by
ken5050
To: kattracks
"France's only aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle returned to the southern port of Toulon on Tuesday after three weeks of exercises in the eastern Mediterranean." Accompanied by its four attack tugs
To: kattracks
Did they run out of fois gras?
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posted on
02/25/2003 9:47:16 AM PST
by
Timeout
(What's the big deal...I love whirled peas!)
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To: kattracks; All
Re:
...the French armies confirmed that Charles-de-Gaulle will not head for the Gulf region after finishing the exercises in the Mediterranean.
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posted on
02/25/2003 9:47:48 AM PST
by
sonofatpatcher2
(Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
To: kattracks; newgeezer
War games? Practicing the surrender maneuver? Replenishing the white flag supply? Found live ammo on the ship and had to offload it?
To: kattracks
Three weeks...must have been pinned down by a sniper porpoise.
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posted on
02/25/2003 9:49:23 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
To: ken5050
The froggish navy didn't surrender when the Americans (and a bunch of Brits) came calling at Casablanca... But they would have been better off if they had.
To: kattracks
What sort of exercises would a French carrier conduct? Reducing the time it takes to raise the white flag from 3.2 seconds to 3.1 seconds?
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posted on
02/25/2003 9:53:38 AM PST
by
Redcloak
(bortaS nIvqu' 'oH bortaS'e')
Comment #14 Removed by Moderator
To: kattracks
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posted on
02/25/2003 9:56:53 AM PST
by
byteback
To: Semper Paratus
3 weeks! How exhaustive. Hey, YOU try running around for three weeks solid with your hands up. Heck, my arms would get tired after a few hours.
Then again, I'm not as well practiced as the French.
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posted on
02/25/2003 9:56:59 AM PST
by
TomB
To: kattracks
Surrender ceremonies are planned.
To: kattracks
what happened? Did it Chicken out when it saw what a real Aircraft Carrier looked like?
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:01:14 AM PST
by
Enemy Of The State
(To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.)
To: byteback
nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, kewl pic!!
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posted on
02/25/2003 10:01:26 AM PST
by
timestax
To: kattracks; harpseal; Travis McGee; Squantos; sneakypete; Chapita
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