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| Thirteen French soldiers 'captured by Syrian Army' | |
| 2012-03-05 | |
| Thirteen French soldiers have been captured by Syrian forces according to the Lebanon-based Daily Star newspaper, the first mainstream media outlet to report on rumours of Western troops on the ground. The French foreign ministry dismissed the report, however, telling the Daily Telegraph that not a single French soldier is on Syrian soil. But the defence ministry was less categorical, saying it neither confirmed nor denied the claim.
The Daily Star cites a Damascus-based Pro-Syrian Palestinian source as alleging that the soldiers are being held in a field hospital in Homs. The source claimed officials in Paris and Damascus are brokering a deal on what to do with the French nationals. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 France is repor still denying that any of their Soldiers or SPECOPS were caught or even in Syruh. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-03-05 19:13 |
| #1 Any country, no matter how ineffectual its conventional military may be, can have a small, highly trained, well-equipped unit for unconventional missions. It's a matter of finding the right guys and providing, if only hiring, the right training. Problem is, no matter how good they are, their use is in stealing that last horsehoe nail--literary reference--and not in stopping the cavalry charge. They can't do the latter and doing the former may, or may not, be decisive. Depending on circumstances. The French do have a hotshot SpecOps outfit which they deploy, especially in Africa, in defense of their interests, even to the point of fomenting coups, so it is reported. You wouldn't think thirteen of these guys would be captured. Hell, you wouldn't think they'd even be noticed until too late. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2012-03-05 08:08 |