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2005-06-21 Africa: Subsaharan
French Troops 'robbed Ivory Coast bank'
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Posted by Steve 2005-06-21 08:28|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Cut to "Kelly's Heroes" theme music.
Posted by Snolunter Elmineger5424 2005-06-21 09:02||   2005-06-21 09:02|| Front Page Top

#2 "All the burning bridges that have fallen after me
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories
Everyone I left behind each time I closed the door
Burning bridges lost forevermore"
Posted by Steve ">Steve  2005-06-21 09:09||   2005-06-21 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 These guys were just following Jacques "the Worm" Chirac's MO. The only surprise to me is that there was that much money in the Ivory Coast to steal.
Posted by Spot">Spot  2005-06-21 09:45||   2005-06-21 09:45|| Front Page Top

#4 That's probably where the country's elites were keeping the Western aid money before they transfered it to their Swiss bank accounts.
Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan  2005-06-21 10:25||   2005-06-21 10:25|| Front Page Top

#5 This is outrageous! The International Community and Media will be talking about this for weeks, and condemning it with every breath!

Oh, wait.... It's not Americans, you say? It's the Phrench?

Oh, well, then, that's different. Ne-ver mind. Carry on.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2005-06-21 12:19||   2005-06-21 12:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Superior high-speed photoshoppery.
Posted by Shipman 2005-06-21 15:25||   2005-06-21 15:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Wanted for questioning...

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Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-06-21 15:26||   2005-06-21 15:26|| Front Page Top

#8 They stole $100,000 dollars and bought mobile phones and digital cameras with the money? How poorly paid are the French peacekeepers? The poorest Americans have mobile phones and digital cameras.

I'd expect a car or something.
Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz  2005-06-21 16:05|| rjschwarz.com]">[rjschwarz.com]  2005-06-21 16:05|| Front Page Top

#9 I expect few cars were available for sale and they had to get the loot home someway. With more time they could have disassemble the fighting Citroens and sent 'em back....... Ya! Ya! Ya! One piece at a time..
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