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Source: web.archive.org...://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20150106-french-aircraft-carrier-set-persian-gulf-report
France - Iraq - Article published the Tuesday 06 January 2015 - Latest update : Tuesday 06 January 2015
French aircraft carrier set for Persian Gulf, report
Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the flagship of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) and the largest Western European warship currently in commission (although the two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers currently being built for the Royal Navy are significantly larger). She is the tenth French aircraft carrier, the first French nuclear-powered surface vessel, and the first and so far only nuclear-powered carrier completed outside of the United States Navy. She is named after French statesman and general Charles de Gaulle.
originally posted by: Granite
a reply to: greyhat
The attack was planned over many months so it is not a response to the deployment order a day prior.
originally posted by: NihilistSanta
Reminds me of Putin and the apartment bombings that lead to the war/crackdown in Chechnya and his rise to power. Same old NWO playbook.
originally posted by: markosity1973
*OR* Its pure coincidence.
The cover of the most recent issue of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo—published just before two gunmen massacred 12 at its Paris headquarters this week—didn't, as the publication often did, lampoon fundamentalist Islam. Instead, the target of Charlie's satire was the novelist Michel Houellebecq, whose sixth novel, Submission, was published on Wednesday, the day of the massacre. The cover shows a grotesque caricature of Houellebecq, wearing a wizard's hat, under the headline: "The Predictions of Wizard Houellebecq." "In 2015, I lose my teeth," says one. "In 2022, I do Ramadan." ... The novel is set in 2022, when Francois becomes transfixed by that year's presidential election, whose two leading candidates are Marine Le Pen, the real-life leader of France's far-right National Front, and Mohammed Ben Abbes, the head of a fictional Islamic Party. In order to prevent Le Pen from winning, Ben Abbes cuts a deal with France's left-wing party and is subsequently elected president. Almost immediately, France is placed under Sharia law.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: greyhat
How do you get they have nuclear weapons from a nuclear powered attack sub being part of the group?
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Patriotsrevenge
Not all of them carry nukes on every mission. Just because the US does doesn't mean everyone else does. Especially since they have a smaller inventory.
As of 2005, they are deployed in Europe under the NATO nuclear sharing arrangement.[
Navy warship assists French military operation A Portsmouth-based Royal Navy warship has assumed a vital role protecting the French carrier strike group’s mission in the Middle East. As part of the British and French military cooperation, HMS Kent is responsible for protecting the French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle from underwater threats. ... Having joined the group she has already taken part in White Shark – a three-day exercise with the Saudi Naval and Air Forces