have you ever noticed how there has never been a major terorist attack on france?

Question

isn't that funny because france vetoed the war on iraq
what is your opinion on this and the iraq war

Answer 1

September 13 2001: Paris embassy attack plot foiled.

April 19 2000:The Breton Revolutionary Army bombs a McDonalds in Dinan, killing a waitress.

June 18 1999: The separatist Breton Revolutionary Army dynamites a tax office in Cintegabelle causing extensive damage.

October 17 1996 : The Algerian Armed Islamic Group bombs a Paris underground train injuring 28 people.

July—October 1995: Bombings in France by a GIA unit led by Khaled Kelkal kill eight and injure more than 100.

December 24 1994: Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked by GIA members who planned to crash the plane on Paris but didn't succeed.

September 19 1989: Suitcase-bomb destroys UTA Flight UT-772 en route to Paris, killing all 171 passengers and crew. Libyan intelligence involved.

1986

February 3: Paris, Claridge passage (Champs Élysées) seven injured, another bomb failed to explode in the Eiffel tower, pro-Iranian (Fouad Ali Saleh group)

February 4: Paris, Gibert book shop, seven injured, Fouad Ali Saleh

February 5: Paris, FNAC-sports, 15 injured

March 17: TGV Paris, nine injured

March 20: Paris, Galerie Point-Show bombed, two dead, 21 injured

September 8: Paris town hall's post office bombed, one dead, 16 injured

September 12: Paris La Défense, Casino Supermarket's restaurant bombed, 43 injured

September 14: Paris, Pub Renault bombed, two dead, one injured

September 15: Paris, police headquarters bombed, one dead, 45 injured

September 17: Paris, Rue de Rennes a bomb explodes in the street, seven dead, 54 injured.

That enough for you?

Answer 2

Many French people are proud that Chirac didn't drag France into a war that has caused much bloodshed and suffering whereas the British lamely followed the US into a situation which,after hundreds of dead and wounded British military who have bravely done their duty(what have you done?), can hardly be called a victory.
You seemed almost proud that theres been "major" terrorist atttacks on Britain, you're also probably proud that the only response the British police could come up with was to gun down a Brazilian tourist innocently waiting for a train.
France are actively engaged in Afghanistan but you won't find hundreds of pathetic films on "Youtube" droning on about it. Only a week ago a close friend of mine died in action in that country so to all those people who call Frenchmen cowards get your facts right before you open your dirty mouths.
As for moslems in France, which many of you seem to think are a big problem in France .I live in a town where there are many and don't feel threatened. I'm not racist (or liberal or any of those other political labels you creeps like to use when you're afraid)or small-minded as you Brits can be, I just live quite normally with the people around me.Of course there are problems as France has it's fair share of reasons why terrorists and radical factions that try to carry out attacks on French soil but we still have one of the best counter-terrorist , and one of the best police forces in Europe and they do their job efficiently.

Answer 3

What do you mean? You really haven't noticed?

What was all that nonsense last summer about? Ever hear of the Red Army? They were responsible for several terrorist acts in France back in the 70's. They even assassinated French politicians and leaders. The truth is EVERY war France gets involved in we bail them out. See Viet-Nam, and WW 1 & 2.

And if they did join us in Iraq we'd have to spend all day baby sitting then. They have no military strenght. that is the point of the European Union. Strong countries like Germany can carry the weak financially, and militarily

Answer 4

During the Algerian crisis in the 50s the rebels threatened to drop a plane on Paris. This obviously was long before 9/11. However the French, being French managed to avoid it. Of course, the Americans had no warning.

Answer 5

France has had many terrorist attacks over the years, and ALL terrorist or attempted terrorist attacks are major.

So since 1990 are list of attacks on France (Items with ** are attacks by Muslim fanatics)

**December 1994 - Hijack of Air France flight 8969
**July 1996 - Bombing in Paris - Kills 8
**October 1996 - Bombing of Paris underground - Kills 28
June 1999 - Bombing in Cintegabelle
April 2000 - Bombing in Dinan - Kills 1
**September 2001 - Foiled attack in Paris
**December 2007 - Attack in Paris - Kills 1

Answer 6

The Basque Separatists have made quite a few terrorists attacks on France.

Answer 7

For all you anal retentive anti French Folks a few facts and figures with regards the French in WW1 and WW2:

Poland folded, Holland folded, Belgium folded, yet you can only moan about the French!!!

French casualties in WWI:

World War I cost France 1,357,800 military dead,

4,266,000 military wounded (of whom 1.5 million were permanently maimed).

and 537,000 made prisoner of war and missing

-- exactly 73% of the 8,410,000 men mobilized, according to William Shirer in The Collapse of the Third Republic.

(Some context: France had 40 million citizens at the start of the war; six in ten men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-eight died or were permanently maimed.)

10% of the active French population and 3,5% of the total population died on the battlefields.

(As a comparison, if this were to happen now in the United States, the number of casualties would reach 10 million.
There would also be 680,000 widows and 760,000 orphans. )

Between 1914 and 1918, the drops in births in France is estimated at 1 million.

On the 22/08/1914: 27,000 French soldiers are killed on this single day in an offensive thrust to the east of Paris, towards the German borders.
(For the dumb people amongst you that's twenty-seven thousand Fathers, husbands, sons!!! think about if for a minute!!)

Regarding WWII, between 1939 (when war was declared by France and the United Kingdom) and 1940, 120,000 French soldiers died, not to mention the number of French citizens who died as war prisoners, forced labourers, deported civilians or in acts of resistance against the Nazis during the German Occupation. The amount of suffering occasioned by WWII in France is impossible to assess and should not be forgotten.

With regards current French Military Service, the French Airforce is on active duty in Afghanistan:

Since the beginning of November 2007, the Mirage led 8 ground attack missions. Almost one every three days. They are engaged in fairly high intensity. Some details:

- November 2, 2007:- Mirage Type 2000, dropped bombs GBU-12 and shoots gun against "enemy combatants" at Tarin Kowt.

(Note: The shooting cannon is probably the result of a F1)

- November 5, 2007:- Mirage Type 2000 and a F1 CR engage "enemy combatants" at the GBU-12 again tarin Kowt

- November 6, 2007:- new strikes, a Mirage Type 2000 and a F1 to Nowzad

- November 7, 2007:- Mirage Type 2000 and an F1 attacked with bombs a position Kajaki Dam and the gun "enemy base" in Tarin Kowt

- November 9, 2007:- Mirage Type 2000 drops a bomb GBU-12 on an "enemy position" Garnisir.

- November 16, 2007:- Mirage Type 2000 attack "enemy forces who engaged of the coalition troops"

- November 19, 2007:- Mirage Type 2000 strikes a target to bomb Musa Qaleh

- Nov 22, 2007:- M irage Type 2000 attacks to an "enemy mortar position" in Asadabad.

Almost every day, "Show of Force" missions take place: it is low-level flying, without shooting, to deter the enemy.

The Etats Majors explained that the decision not to communicate from Paris on strikes in Afghanistan was taken during detention by the Taliban of two French hostages in spring 2007.

Answer 8

you idiot, it was on the news the other week that all the militants are looking at France to attack. also that guy who put the link is right aswel.

only reason they vetoed the idea as they have a crap army throughout its history, i remember when the french surrendered to fireworks. they are a bunch of pansys

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Very reluctantly ... and they made their position quite clear on what they thought about the rush to invade Iraq without giving sanctions and the UN Inspectors more time to achieve their aims.