French intervention in CAR

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The usual religious/sectarian violence, France is called in to separate the two sides. 2 soldiers killed in action yesterday while on patrol.

In photos: Civilians armed with machetes roam CAR capital | The FRANCE 24 Observers

In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, Ismael Hadjaro, a self-proclaimed colonel in the Seleka rebel movement that overthrew the country's president earlier this year, speaks to a reporter in the town of Bouca in the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Florence Richard)

In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, fighters from a Christian militia movement known as the "anti-balaka" display their makeshift weaponry in the village of Boubou, halfway between the towns of Bossangoa and Bouca, in the Central African Republic. France's foreign minister has warned that its former colony in central Africa is "on the verge of genocide" as attacks mount across the country's remote northwest between the mostly Muslim fighters of the Seleka rebel coalition who ousted the president in March, and "anti-balaka" Christian militias that have emerged to defend towns and in some cases attack Muslim civilian communities. (AP Photo/Florence Richard)

Seleka soldiers man a checkpoint in Boali, some 80kms (50 miles) north of Bangui, Central African Republic, to let a World Food Program convoy through, Wednesday Dec. 4, 2013. To try to put an end to sectarian violence, the UN security council is scheduled to pass a motion allowing French troops to deploy in the country in order to protect civilians and insure security by all necessary means. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Seleka soldiers race through Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5, 2013 as gunfire and mortar rounds erupt in the town. To try to put an end to sectarian violence, the UN security council is scheduled to pass a motion allowing French troops to deploy in the country in order to protect civilians and insure security by all necessary means. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

A convoy of Seleka soldiers patrol in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 6, 2013. France launched its second major African intervention in a year on Friday as its troops rushed to the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, to stem violence that already claimed over 100 lives this week. *******/Emmanuel Braun

French soldiers patrol on foot at the entrance to the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 8, 2013. France is deploying 1,600 troops to its former colony after the U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorised it to use force to help African peacekeepers struggling to restore order. The sign reads "Welcome to Bangui." *******/Herve Serefio

French soldiers arrest ex-seleka rebels after finding weapons in a house in Combattant neighborhood near Bangui's airport, on December 9, 2013. French troops on Monday began disarming fighters in the Central African Republic after a swell in sectarian violence that has claimed hundreds of lives and terrified inhabitants. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR

A Christian man chases a suspected Seleka officer in civilian clothes with a knife near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Dec. 9, 2013. Both Christian and Muslim mobs went on lynching sprees as French Forces deployed in the capital. The Seleka man was taken into custody by French forces who fired warning shots to disperse the crowds. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

A Christian man points suspected Seleka members to a French soldier in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Dec. 9, 2013. Both Christian and Muslim mobs went on lynching sprees as French Forces deployed in the capital. French forces fired warning shots to disperse the crowds. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

French forces arrest Seleka they say fired on them 3 hrs ago. Weapons found in their vehicle #bangui #car pic.twitter.com/WpQa5CJutY Tristan Redman

 

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French soldiers arrest an alleged ex-seleka rebel denounced by inhabitatns in Combattant neighborhood near Bangui's airport, on December 9, 2013. French troops on Monday began disarming fighters in the Central African Republic after a swell in sectarian violence that has claimed hundreds of lives and terrified inhabitants. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR

A man speaks to a French soldier during a disarmament operation in the Combattant neighbourhood near the airport of Bangui, on December 9, 2013 (AFP Photo/Fred Dufour)

French soldiers arrest an alleged ex-seleka rebel denounced by inhabitatns in Combattant neighborhood near Bangui's airport, on December 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR

French troops patrol in an armored vehicle in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 6, 2013. France launched its second major African intervention in a year on Friday as its troops rushed to the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, to stem violence that already claimed over 100 lives this week. *******/Emmanuel Braun

Seleka soldier hits a fellow soldier with a belt in Bangui December 8, 2013. France is deploying 1,600 troops to its former colony after the U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorised it to use force to help African peacekeepers struggling to restore order. *******/Emmanuel Braun

French soldiers gather weapons they found in a house in the Combattant neighborhood, near Bangui's airport, on Dec. 9. Fred Dufour / AFP - ***** Images

Disarmament of militias:

 

[flamer84]

Rest in Peace french soldiers.

Man ,those pictures,2014 on the corner and some places in this world...

Wait for the usual locos to storm the thread and tell us how France is invading innocents,is there to rob them,etc,etc.

 

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A French soldier checks on the safety of a French nun during a patrol in Bangui November 29, 2013. *******/Joe Penney

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I like the look of the smaller soldier, i see it as genuine concern towards the well being of the nun that lives in CAR....or along the lines "you ok, wanna get out of this hellhole with us?".

Child soldiers of the Anti-Balaka forces stand in one of the villages surrounding Bossangoa, Central African Republic on Nov. 3, 2013. They are the natural defense forces but are very poorly armed with hunting rifles and bows and arrows.
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Seleka fighters sit at a checkpoint on the road out of Bossangoa, Central African Republic on Nov. 4, 2013. They regularly loot the local population as they come into town from their farms where they have been seeking food.
Marcus Bleasdale /VII

Seleka fighters pose for a photograph as their commander, General Yaya, meets with Multinational Force of Central Africa (FOMAC) peacekeepers at the FOMAC camp in Bossangoa, Central African Republic, November 25, 2013. *******/Joe Penney

A French soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint at the Mpoko airport in Bangui November 23, 2013. World powers, led by France, are scrambling to contain a crisis that Paris and U.N. officials have warned could lead to genocide in Central African Republic, which slipped into chaos after rebels ousted the president in March. *******/Joe Penney

Cameroonian soldiers escort French troops driving from Douala to Central African Republic on December 4, 2013 (AFP Photo/Fred Dufour)

 

[elis]

I don't know why people here support the french soldiers, zionist France wanted to bomb Syria to help their Al Qaeda and treat muslims like terrorists

 

[JUBA]

Damn, this fu*ker got a long neck.

 

[Ceylal]

Rest in Peace french soldiers.

Man ,those pictures,2014 on the corner and some places in this world...

Wait for the usual locos to storm the thread and tell us how France is invading innocents,is there to rob them,etc,etc.

We expected this much from you...

France is still think, that Africa is its pissing territory..How come Romania didn't follow Moroccan lead and sent some of its troops to help the french to have clean boots, the @ss and the littlehead area is already taken by the troops of his majesty.. Come on Romania's trash, the help to the arian white is needed...

 

[flamer84]

We expected this much from you...

France is still think, that Africa is its pissing territory..How come Romania didn't follow Moroccan lead and sent some of its troops to help the french to have clean boots, the @ss and the littlehead area is already taken by the troops of his majesty.. Come on Romania's trash, the help to the arian white is needed...

Wait for the usual locos to storm the thread and tell us how France is invading innocents,is there to rob them,etc,etc.

And here's the first idiot ,right on time ! And he even has a cartoon from free Algeria where the army has enslaved the entire nation and doesn't care about free elections.