2 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan

[Charlie Brown]

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=139229

PARIS - Two French special forces soldiers were killed Friday during armed combat with Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan, the defence ministry in Paris said.

The men, who were not identified by name, included an air force airman first class and a senior chief petty officer of the navy, it said. Two other air force non-commissioned officers were wounded in the operation.

Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie expressed her "sincere condolences to the victims' families and loved ones, and her hopes for the swift recovery of the two wounded soldiers".

[Greeby]

1. That can't be right. The French are cheese-eating surrender monkeys

O'Reilly told me so! :sarcasm:

[krispos42]

6. Stephen Colbert told me...

The difference between 200 and 15,000 French soldiers was more POWs...

Oh, I'm just kidding, France. You didn't have time to adapt to the blitz before the Nazi's were in Paris. Not your fault you fell. Only thing that saved the Brits was the English Channel and the Dunkirk evacuation.

[Renew Deal]

2. Is anyone doing an Afghanistan body count?

It seems like someone is dying there every day.

[mourningdove92]

3. Yes, the deaths are mounting again.

I started noticing an increase in conflicts in Afghanistan a couple of months ago.

Right before my son got orders to go there.

[High Plains]

5. Courtesy of www.icasualties.org/oef

Coalition Military Fatalities By Year: News

Period US Other Total
+ 2006 74 47 121
+ 2005 99 30 129
+ 2004 52 6 58
+ 2003 48 9 57
+ 2002 48 20 68
+ 2001 12 0 12
Total 333 112 445

[razors edge]

4. just as the french

pledge two thousand I think it was, to lebanon. funny every time someone sends troops to monitor us or Israeli occupations their people get hit.