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2008-08-28 Afghanistan

Leak may have led to Taliban ambush on French

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Posted by tu3031 2008-08-28 09:52|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 Sounds like French journalists also double up as reporters for the National Enquirer.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-08-28 11:49|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-08-28 11:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like French journalists also double up as reporters for the National Enquirer.

Le canard enchainé is a long standing (WWI), very reputable investigative satirical weekly - though it is clearly marked to the anti-clerical, anti-military, anti-US (apparently, it would be one of the msm outlets of the "arab street" at the quay d'orsay), anti-everything (but those three are its main targets) left.
It IS a scandal rag, with an agenda, but it is credible in terms of insiders infos.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-08-28 12:04|| 2008-08-28 12:04|| Front Page Top

#3 In fact Le Canard Enchine is the primary tool in France for torpedoing a political opponenet.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-08-28 12:30|| 2008-08-28 12:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes, deliberate leaks, especially from people from the same political side are said to be its main source of infos. Like I said, it's a scandal rag, left-oriented, but also the only credible investigative paper in France.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-08-28 12:45|| 2008-08-28 12:45|| Front Page Top

#5 And, this leak is probably aimed at putting french public opinion even more against sarko & the french involvement in afghanistan along the USA, both from le canard and from the leaker(s).

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-08-28 12:47|| 2008-08-28 12:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Everyone in Afghanistan now understands that if your interpreter suddenly can't be found, you'd better change your mission.

Yeah. Next time this happens they can turn the tables by having the Apaches waiting in the wings.

Posted by gorb 2008-08-28 12:51|| 2008-08-28 12:51|| Front Page Top

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