seems someone is shooting french soldiers in southern france

[Sasha]

Two French paratroopers shot dead

A gunman on a motorbike has opened fire on three French paratroopers at a bank machine in southern France, killing two and critically wounding one, officials said.It was the second such attack in a week targeting French soldiers in a public place.
Earlier, the Defence Ministry had issued a statement saying all three paratroopers had died, but a local police official and a Defence Ministry official later said one of them was in critical condition.
The three uniformed soldiers had been standing at a bank machine in the town of Montauban when a helmeted attacker arrived on a motorbike and opened fire, then fled.
Defence Minister Gerard Longuet expressed his condolences to the soldiers, their families and their regiment in a statement. They all three served with the 17th paratrooper combat engineering regiment, based nearby.
On Sunday, a 30-year-old soldier was fatally shot near a gym in the southern city of Toulouse by an unidentified attacker.
Neither the defence minister nor police announced any link between the two attacks, and the motives remain unclear.
The police official said the two soldiers killed were 24 and 26 years old.

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ne...#ixzz1pDJGHwVe

pointless action, wonder who's behind it, not south enough for ETA and would be completly illogical since they just gave up armed struggle. Maybe a fundi muslim or a "non pollitical" serial...

[Ocean Seal]

pointless action, wonder who's behind it, not south enough for ETA and would be completly illogical since they just gave up armed struggle. Maybe a fundi muslim or a "non pollitical" serial...

I highly doubt its not political. Maybe its a leftist who finally lost his nut. Who knows really, its not like France has committed any of the most recent atrocities in the Middle East but then again their anti-Muslim discrimination laws could spur much hatred.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Sounds like a militant anti-war liberal who lost his marbles. Until we know more not much to really say aside from idle speculation.

[NewLeft]

Sounds like a militant anti-war liberal who lost his marbles. Until we know more not much to really say aside from idle speculation.

haha I KNEW someone would say this.

[milkmiku]

A damn shame, The french tend top be well mannered and behaved soldiers. These guys were paratroopers as well, which means they put in a lot more effort than the typical grunt. I suppose the gunman thinks he'll make a difference with his actions.

[Princess Luna]

I highly doubt its not political. Maybe its a leftist who finally lost his nut. Who knows really, its not like France has committed any of the most recent atrocities in the Middle East but then again their anti-Muslim discrimination laws could spur much hatred.

They did lead the intervention in Liyba

[Joseph S.]

TBH it could be anny one afterall everyone hate's the Fransch just as much as the Germans.
thinking the whole god dam'n world parlevous France.

[Orlov]

Cheers, one dead French soldier is a good French soldier. In fact I'll go even farther, France has continually been responsible for the repression of the Basque Country, Arabs with their involvement in NATO and has aided in various other imperialist endeavors such as their actions in the Ivory Coast. The militant responsible for this was extremely brave and set aside the potential to go on and live his life within the bourgeois context instead to take up arms against the French soldiers. Hopefully this will send a message to new 'want-to-be' French soldiers that if they do decide to join the French military and play European mercenary that they will not be safe, not even in France.

[gorillafuck]

Sounds like a militant anti-war liberal who lost his marbles. Until we know more not much to really say aside from idle speculation.

when people who shoot soldiers are called liberals with no indication of it being their ideology, that's when you know that a word has lost all meaning.

[#FF0000]

neat

[Tifosi]

Are the FLNC still active?

[Os Cangaceiros]

A damn shame, The french tend top be well mannered and behaved soldiers.

They were so well-behaved in Algeria!

[The Douche]

A damn shame, The french tend top be well mannered and behaved soldiers. These guys were paratroopers as well, which means they put in a lot more effort than the typical grunt. I suppose the gunman thinks he'll make a difference with his actions.

Nationalist politics are really popular with the French police and military, especially paratroopers.

[milkmiku]

Nationalist politics are really popular with the French police and military, especially paratroopers.

This mean what? That they are worthy of death? So they love their nation, doesn't make their death any less pointless. I'm sure french paratroopers have their nation under a tight and controlled grip of totalitarianism and need to die in order for it to fall.

If the gunman did have a political motive, killing troops won't do a damn thing, he'd have to aim higher than that. Anything less is just piss in the ocean. I hope the french government offers it's support to their families.

[Kitty_Paine]

I think if anything, this was counter productive to anything positive. This only pisses people off towards the killers, especially when the reasoning behind it isn't known. Killing a couple of lowly privates or even a sergeant isn't going to mean shit to anyone (except to their families, who's lives have been put on hold for an idefinite period of time), the french imperial machine will keep moving just as it has and hell, it might even gain strength because of this.

Random acts of violence only defeat your cause. You need to have purpose and appeal to the masses, you need to have a meaning, a symbol. This random shit is disgusting, trivial and ultimately self defeating. Nothing is being done here...

[Ocean Seal]

when people who shoot soldiers are called liberals with no indication of it being their ideology, that's when you know that a word has lost all meaning.

I don't think it was being used as a pejorative. Rather referring to the fact that he was anti-war and that many liberals in the United States are also pretty militant anti-war activists.

[Tim Cornelis]

My cousin joined the army because of Call of Duty (I suspect). I don't think idiocy is worth being killed over.

[Leftsolidarity]

Imperialist troops die -> Revolutionary Leftists cry for them

[Os Cangaceiros]

I think if anything, this was counter productive to anything positive. This only pisses people off towards the killers, especially when the reasoning behind it isn't known. Killing a couple of lowly privates or even a sergeant isn't going to mean shit to anyone (except to their families, who's lives have been put on hold for an idefinite period of time), the french imperial machine will keep moving just as it has and hell, it might even gain strength because of this.

Random acts of violence only defeat your cause. You need to have purpose and appeal to the masses, you need to have a meaning, a symbol. This random shit is disgusting, trivial and ultimately self defeating. Nothing is being done here...

I don't think it aids "The Cause", but at the same time I'm not going to denounce it. No sympathy from me, none at all.

[The Douche]

This mean what? That they are worthy of death? So they love their nation, doesn't make their death any less pointless. I'm sure french paratroopers have their nation under a tight and controlled grip of totalitarianism and need to die in order for it to fall.

If the gunman did have a political motive, killing troops won't do a damn thing, he'd have to aim higher than that. Anything less is just piss in the ocean. I hope the french government offers it's support to their families.

I'm not supporting the actions of the gunman, I didn't even allude to that. I'm just pointing out that French soldiers aren't like "good guys" or "heroes" or whatever.

I'm not particularly upset at the death of imperialist soldiers. It sucks that people die and it fucks up people's lives, but I mean. Its just weird what you said about French soldiers.