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Black Blade | 07-30-2008 12:19 AM
Oops! French Army Chief Quits http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content...1/15018946.jpg Seventeen people were injured when the Third Marine Parachute regiment demonstrated a hostage liberation, using live rounds by mistake. A three year old boy who was shot in the heart and arm has stabilised after doctors performed an operation. Three more civillians are seriously injured. The incident was watched by hundreds of parents and children. A witness, who asked not to be named, told AFP he saw seven or eight soldiers with guns taking part in the simulation, one of whom was posing as a terrorist in the middle of the spectators. "Suddenly, people were falling, we thought it was part of the exercise, and then we saw blood." Continued: http://peakoilpetroleumandpreciousme...com/topic/4561 sacrebleu!

Heimdhal | 07-30-2008 01:22 AM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits HOLY F***!

Worldmariner | 07-30-2008 01:37 AM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits Well, THERE YA GO! That is why the French Army has been held in such high regard! Look at thier work in WWI and WWII ! They are UNSTOPPABLE I tell ya! A force to be reckoned with! Why did NATO allow them to have live rounds? I thought that all French rifles were empty at all times?

Waylon | 07-30-2008 02:41 AM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits How in the hell? :shocked_ma:

educatedredneck | 07-30-2008 05:46 AM
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Well, THERE YA GO! That is why the French Army has been held in such high regard! Look at thier work in WWI and WWII ! They are UNSTOPPABLE I tell ya! A force to be reckoned with! Why did NATO allow them to have live rounds? I thought that all French rifles were empty at all times?
you are just hating on the french we all know this was George Bushs fault :sarc::sarc:

educatedredneck | 07-30-2008 05:50 AM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits even if they thought that the rounds were not live who the hell were they aiming at

Twisted Avatar | 07-30-2008 05:51 AM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits Dam............ I hope that littel boy lives........ it sounds REALLY bad. T

educatedredneck | 07-30-2008 05:59 AM
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Okay so the French save our asses in the revolution and we save them in ww2. Sounds like a fair trade. Sorry but I am ashamed to be an American and it's going to take a hell of a lot to change that.
perhaps you could become a french man and stand proud??

Silver Spoon | 07-30-2008 06:27 AM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits Meanwhile back in the Fatherland ........

educatedredneck | 07-30-2008 09:35 AM
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one of whom was posing as a terrorist in the middle of the spectators
one more question about this was the "terrorist" shot ??

JJ_ | 07-30-2008 11:23 AM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits :shocked_ma: You gotta be sH!tt!n me! -- that settles it... The Whole of their armed forces should be disarmed and disbanded... they don't use them anyway.

Big_Rob | 07-30-2008 12:44 PM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits How in the blue hell did they not know they were loading live rounds into their weapons? Come on now! I'm not in the military nor do I have military training in firearms but one thing I do know is what a blank looks like and what a live round looks like. Blanks (notice the crimp on top) - http://www.joeswansonsmotionpictureb...m/display3.jpg Live (notice no crimp on top) - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ne_.50_BMG.jpg

Worldmariner | 07-30-2008 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by JJ ShortStroke (Post 1215540) :shocked_ma: You gotta be sH!tt!n me! -- that settles it... The Whole of their armed forces should be disarmed and disbanded... they don't use them anyway.
Cool flag JJ, I have one hanging out front of my house :) Well, it';s not that the French DON'Y use thier guns, so much as it is, the CAN'T use thuer guns... *cough* I saw an auction on GunBroker for a case of French battle rifles. Never fired. Dropped once.

Worldmariner | 07-30-2008 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Twisted Avatar (Post 1215190) Dam............ I hope that littel boy lives........ it sounds REALLY bad. T
Can you imagine being the guy that shot that kid? How can you POSSIBLEY live with yourself????

educatedredneck | 07-30-2008 01:14 PM
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Can you imagine being the guy that shot that kid? How can you POSSIBLEY live with yourself????
A little wine a little cheese and tell your self it is all bushs fault good as new

Jonas Parker | 07-30-2008 01:19 PM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits Fortunately, the French Army had a large supply if white flags on hand to use as bandages. :D

Codger | 07-30-2008 01:34 PM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits I call BS. When using blanks there is a blank adapter mounted on the end of the barrel. If they were doing this the barrel would have exploded injuring the soldiers first. If there were gobs of civilians, where are the photos and headline news. Or am I just missing it? Oh, and it comes from Sky news?

Black Blade | 07-30-2008 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonas Parker (Post 1215713) Fortunately, the French Army had a large supply if white flags on hand to use as bandages. :D
:haha::haha::haha::haha::haha:

Silver Spoon | 07-30-2008 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Worldmariner (Post 1215662) Cool flag JJ, I have one hanging out front of my house :) Well, it';s not that the French DON'Y use thier guns, so much as it is, the CAN'T use thuer guns... *cough* I saw an auction on GunBroker for a case of French battle rifles. Never fired. Dropped once.
How'd your team do in Vietnam and Somalia?

AgBar | 07-30-2008 06:08 PM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits What in the hell?!?!?! NEVER point your weapon at anything you are not willing to destroy. Come on, even I know that! NEVER! I don't care if you think it's loaded with blanks. I don't care if you know for a fact that the chamber is empty. NEVER POINT THE *$^#@!& WEAPON AT A CHILD!!!!! There need to be a lot more resignations/prosecutions than one senior officer. Who authorized this madness in the first place? A "simulation" of a combat scenario with real weapons in front of an audience? WTF? Why was that sergeant carrying live ammunition at all (he knew it was a demonstration for a civilian audience)? Why did he keep firing after THE FIRST PERSON WENT DOWN BLEEDING?!?!? 17 people injured!!! That's insane! This has nothing to do with being French or making cheap-shot jokes about the French military. This has everything to do with being ROCK STUPID! If one or two people had been injured and the soldier ceased fire, that I could maybe see as a tragic accident. But 17 people? He had to keep pulling the trigger for that to happen. :rant:

107.8682 | 07-30-2008 06:28 PM
Re: Oops! French Army Chief Quits UNLIKE the US military, this one was a stupid accident. The US military KNOWS they're live rounds, and shoots at civilians anyways. God bless the poor souls who got hit.

107.8682 | 07-30-2008 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonas Parker (Post 1215713) Fortunately, the French Army had a large supply if white flags on hand to use as bandages. :D
Yeah, unlike the US military that shoots civilians, realizes they're civilians, and shoots them with a coup de grace to the head instead of administering first aid...

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