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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| British Special Forces sent to rescue expats from French-created "anti-white rampage" |
| 2004-11-11 |
| Good work, France. British troops - believed to include members of the SAS - have been sent to the troubled West African state of Ivory Coast. They will finalise contingency plans for the rescue of hundreds of UK citizens, including diplomatic staff, should the violence in the west African state spiral out of control. As thousands of French citizens began to flee their former colony yesterday after days of anti-French riots and looting, Downing Street said plans were in place for British nationals to follow. The British military team has been sent to prepare a safe passage from the embassy in Abidjan to the airport. A larger force is on stand-by in Britain to join it should evacuation become necessary. Anti-French feeling remained at fever pitch yesterday, with mobs attacking United Nations and French convoys ferrying expatriates to the airport. "It has now turned into an anti-white rampage," said a Canadian UN official. "The mobs are urging each other to find and kill any whites they can get their hands on." |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #19 the irony: "Halt assholes! Are you French?" "No, we're Americans! Here's our passports" "Ok, you can go, thanks" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-11 9:55:53 PM |
| #18 "It has now turned into an anti-white rampage," said a Canadian UN official. "The mobs are urging each other to find and kill any whites they can get their hands on." "You have to understand their rage." - Rep. Maxine Waters (D)on the L.A. riots. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-11-11 9:32:31 PM |
| #17 And Kerry ('member him?) said we need the French to help us in Iraq? Ha! |
| Posted by: Wuzzalib 2004-11-11 8:07:51 PM |
| #16 I'm with Tom; as they say in Vegas, I'm all in! |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-11-11 6:46:46 PM |
| #15 I'm game... the French are that stupid. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-11-11 3:48:12 PM |
| #14 I for one refuse to shoot fish in a barrell by commenting on such a development as this, it's not right. |
| Posted by: Angry In The Azores Or Was It the Canaries 2004-11-11 3:43:49 PM |
| #13 Naah, he smiles too much. Besides, the French aren't that stupid. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-11 1:54:16 PM |
| #12 Better yet, he might be mistaken for being French. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2004-11-11 1:50:22 PM |
| #11 Send Jimmy Carter as mediator (if we work it right, he could be on the continent for decades...). |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-11-11 12:35:50 PM |
| #10 I'm with the Ivorians on this one. France has backed the Muslims. Many of which are illegals from Burkina Faso. Perhaps we should offer an alliance? |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-11-11 11:41:51 AM |
| #9 No blood for Chocolate! |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-11 11:03:19 AM |
| #8 Too bad France didn't shed its unilateral ways earlier and seek a multilateral solution to the crisis. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-11 11:02:04 AM |
| #7 Just another example of other countries having to pull the French's ass out of the fire yet again!. |
| Posted by: 98zulu 2004-11-11 11:01:30 AM |
| #6 I like it Jack is Back. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2004-11-11 10:26:12 AM |
| #5 It's a QUAGMIRE!!! Chirac LIED, froggies died! No blood for cocoa! AR |
| Posted by: Analog Roam 2004-11-11 9:04:03 AM |
| #4 The French have brought this on themselves by importing millions of illegal Muslim immigrants into Ivory Coast and then helping them to take the country over, step by step. The non-Muslim natives are merely trying to take their country back after having been the subject of a bloodless Muslim invasion. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-11-11 8:56:02 AM |
| #3 I for one am in favor of expanding the permanent membership of the UN security council and giving a seat to the Ivory Coast. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2004-11-11 8:54:20 AM |
| #2 Did'nt send in enough troops, if they are looting. Well the French and the left have said that about Iraq, anyway. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2004-11-11 8:47:09 AM |
| #1 My liberal and progressive acquaintences have always told me that only White People are bigoted (sp?) racists. They couldn't have possibly been mistaken, could they? /sarcasm AR |
| Posted by: Analog Roam 2004-11-11 8:39:59 AM |