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Mephisto2 04-14-2004 10:56 AM
Mon Dieu! Omar found in Afghanistan...
 
Quote:
French 'lobster' alarms US troops


Mistaken identity: The crustacean became "Omar"


A seemingly innocuous codename chosen by French special forces in south-east Afghanistan caused alarm among US troops searching for Osama Bin Laden.

A newly-arrived French commander picked "homard", meaning lobster, as an alias, the newspaper Liberation reports.

He did not realise that it sounds like Omar, the first name of the Mullah who led the Taleban and is now on the run.

Concerned US intelligence services monitoring French communications raised the alarm and the codename was changed.

The French commander, a navy commando, was described as an expert on the Muslim world.

The incident, said to have happened in July 2003, marked the start of French special forces' involvement in operation Enduring Freedom, the US-led action to find the al-Qaeda leader.

The presence of more than 200 French troops in the area has only just been acknowledged by Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie.

"Our men are well established and are very well acquainted with the terrain," she told the weekly magazine L'Express.

Lobsters were among the many things banned by the former Taleban regime, which also included recorded music, shorts and kites.

I can just see it now...


RADIO SIGNAL ONE "BZZT 'Omar... Ware ar yoo? Ze cheeze iz on ze plate.... Repeat, ze cheeze is on ze plate..."

RADIO SIGNAL TWO BZZT "'Omar 'ere. Bien... We are onz orr way..."

GI 1 "Holy Shit! Omar is out there!!"

GI 2 "Launch missiles now!!!"

KABOOM

RADIO SIGNAL TWO "Sacre blue!!"



Heh...


Mr Mephisto

Silvy 04-14-2004 11:10 AM
heheh, that's funny.

That goes to show that
A) people don't think international as much as they should
B) listen in on someone's conversation long enough and you will hear whatever the hell you want.

jujueye 04-14-2004 11:39 AM
That's funny Mephisto. It had to be the French, right? Oh brother... Lucky USA...

water_boy1999 04-14-2004 11:45 AM
I didn't realize you spoke French so well Mr. Meph.

Lebell 04-15-2004 08:45 AM
lol...homard...lol

Xiomar 04-15-2004 08:34 PM
Okay... that was REALLY damned FUNNY! Your comments took me off guard too, heh.

Date the Banana 04-16-2004 11:08 PM
L'homard! The missiles, they are coming! Fire our shit!

but I am le tired....

seriously, I love how miscommunication is the cause of so many troubles. It makes me think that if we could just communicate better we'd find we're all pretty similar.


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