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Mephisto2 · 04-14-2004, 10:56 AM

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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.

04-14-2004, 11:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
Silvy paranoid Location: The Netherlands	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. __________________ "Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. " - Murphy MacManus (Boondock Saints)

04-14-2004, 11:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
water_boy1999 Fly em straight! Location: Above and Beyond	I didn't realize you spoke French so well Mr. Meph. __________________ Doh!!!! -Homer Simpson

04-15-2004, 08:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	lol...homard...lol __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

04-16-2004, 11:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
Date the Banana Insane Location: Japan	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. __________________ all work and no play make Date something something

04-14-2004, 11:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
jujueye alpaca lunch for the trip Location: in my computer	That's funny Mephisto. It had to be the French, right? Oh brother... Lucky USA...

04-15-2004, 08:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
Xiomar Psycho Location: Bay Area, California	Okay... that was REALLY damned FUNNY! Your comments took me off guard too, heh.