On Jan 23, 2008 7:38 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Unfortunately, those people are dead... replaced by those living on past
> glories and pretending they still have a real country and jealous of anyone
> who shows them what they could be if they exerted some effort.
Sigh...
"There are currently 36,000 French troops deployed overseas - such
operations are known as "OPEX" for Opérations Extérieures ("Overseas
Operations").
Along with the United States and other countries, France provides
troops for the Force stationed in Haiti (under by the United Nations),
following the 2004 Haiti rebellion. France has sent troops, especially
special forces, into Afghanistan to help the United States and NATO
forces fight the remains of the Taliban and Al Qaeda. A force of a few
thousand French soldiers (under a UN mandate (Opération Licorne)) is
stationed in the Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) on a peacekeeping
mission. These troops were initially sent under the terms of a mutual
protection pact between France and the Côte d'Ivoire, but the mission
has since evolved into the current UN peacekeeping operation. The
French Armed Forces have also played a leading role in the ongoing UN
peacekeeping mission along the Lebanon-Israel border as part of the
cease-fire agreement that brought the 2006 Lebanon War to an end.
Currently, France has 2,000 army personnel deployed along the border,
including infantry, armour, artillery and air defense. There are also
naval and air personnel deployed offshore."
A+
jml
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