08-30-2004, 03:47 PM
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| Super Moderator    | No sympathy for the French here. The French government leaders thought they would be exempt from terrorism if they sided against the U.S. on the Iraq issue. Not so they've found out. Now they're being told by the Islamic Army in Iraq not to allow students to wear headscarves in school. What next? The cowards deserve their troubles. Weakness breeds contempt. It won't stop here. Ox --------------------- France Criticizes Allawi Comment on Terrorism Fight Add World - Reuters to My Yahoo! PARIS (Reuters) - France criticized Iraq (news - web sites)'s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi Monday for saying states which did not actively fight terrorists would become their targets, after two Frenchmen were kidnapped in Iraq. Allawi's comments in Le Monde daily came as France raced against the clock to secure the release of two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq by militants who told Paris to drop its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools by Monday evening. "The French, like all democratic countries, cannot let themselves be satisfied with adopting a passive position," Allawi told Le Monde in an interview. "Governments that decide to stay on the defensive will be the next terrorist targets," Allawi said. "Let me tell you that the French, despite all the noise they are making, (such as) 'We don't want war', will soon have to fight against terrorists," he said, adding that future attacks could happen in French cities as well as in the United States. The French government, which led the opposition to the U.S.-led war in Iraq, called his comments unacceptable. "These declarations seem, in effect, to cast doubt on France's determination in the fight against terrorism," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding France had called for a political solution in Iraq since the start of the crisis. "The French authorities have, for a long time, affirmed the necessity and urgency to mobilize against all forms of terrorism. France, which has itself been a victim of terrorist attacks, leads unrelentingly a determined action against this plague," the ministry said. French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier held talks in Egypt with prominent regional figures Monday aimed at securing the release of journalists Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot. The Islamic Army in Iraq gave France 48 hours to revoke the controversial ban on headscarves in schools, but did not specify what would happen when the deadline ends Monday night.
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08-30-2004, 03:56 PM
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| Guest |  just like the Spanish caved in..........flock them. but don't stop at scarves, ban berets, accordians too. may the arrogant french suffer more of the same...bastages. pulled their pokers out of more fires than they want to admit. :nod: |
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08-30-2004, 04:07 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: MOOOOOOOOOOO land also known as Wisconsin
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Trader Rating: (0) | The French know only how to appease and to surrender. They are reaping the just rewards of what they have sowed.
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08-31-2004, 01:23 AM
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| Senior Member  | France Sucks! They deserve everything they get. I hope the next 9-11 is in France or Germany or Russia instead of here. These guys just don't get it, the Islamo-Fascist don't like France any better than they do the US. They hate all that are not extreme Muslim. In McCains speech tonight he said that: “They stress that America needs the help of her friends to combat an evil that threatens us all, that our alliances are as important to victory as are our armies. We agree. And, as we've been a good friend to other countries in moments of shared perils, so we have good reason to expect their solidarity with us in this struggle. That is what the President believes. And, thanks to his efforts we have received valuable assistance from many good friends around the globe, even if we have, at times, been disappointed with the reactions of some. I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.” (http://www.gopconvention.com/cgi-dat...5jv74i7m.shtml ) France, Germany and Russia and a few others let us down. In order to make a fast buck dealing with Sadam. Now that Bush has announced that he wants to move a lot of the troops out of Germany. All I have to say to France is “Guess who’s going to invade your little pissant country again?”  |
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08-31-2004, 06:56 AM
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Trader Rating: (0) | no sympothy here, let them eat cake.
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08-31-2004, 09:19 AM
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| Super Moderator  | they are getting what they deserve
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08-31-2004, 09:26 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: West, Central Florida, Third World America
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Trader Rating: (0) | I wonder, do they think about how they deserted us now?
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