OT: Unarmed US Marines stop terrorist attack on French Train
Pretty amazing story here, proud of our boys in uniform.
Three people have been hurt after a heavily armed man opened fire on a train in northern France, before being overpowered by two American passengers.
The incident happened on the high-speed Thalys service near Arras, and the attacker was arrested at Arras station.
The interior minister praised the Americans, one of whom was seriously injured, as was another passenger.
The man arrested was a 26-year-old Moroccan. Anti-terrorist officers have taken over the case.
The weapons were said to include a Kalashnikov, a knife, an automatic pistol and cartridges.
One of the two people seriously hurt had a gunshot wound, the other a knife wound.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34023361
August 21st, 2015 at 6:39 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 6:45 PM ^
all American men are Marines, because compared to the average Frenchman... um, you know what I'm sayin'.
August 21st, 2015 at 6:47 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 6:48 PM ^
Good on these guys - it would have been a bloodbath had this asshole been unimpeded. I hope they kicked the shit out of him.
August 22nd, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^
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August 21st, 2015 at 7:33 PM ^
/ sees self out
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August 21st, 2015 at 7:48 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 9:00 PM ^
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August 21st, 2015 at 9:17 PM ^
in the sense they're not killing 8-10 million people globally every year.
But let's agree they would if they could... BUT FOR AMERICAN TOURISTS
August 22nd, 2015 at 3:50 AM ^
Not to mention cancer doesn't burn people alive or drown people in cages cause of their faith. Or, sell, marry and rape nine year old girls.
August 21st, 2015 at 7:58 PM ^
As someone who was robbed by gunpoint in a taxi by two young Albanian shits in Toulouse. I say Fuck Yeah!
August 21st, 2015 at 8:19 PM ^
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August 21st, 2015 at 8:41 PM ^
American Badasses - Great work!!!
August 21st, 2015 at 9:00 PM ^
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August 21st, 2015 at 11:48 PM ^
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August 22nd, 2015 at 12:00 AM ^
Those getting bent out of shape by the jokes about French fighting prowess should probably just skip my post.
Why did the French build the Arc de Triomphe?
So the German soldiers would have shade.
Why did the French build the Arc de Triomphe so tall?
So the Germans could see the white flag from a distance.
August 22nd, 2015 at 1:02 AM ^
Were not in fact Marines. Turns out one American is in the Air Force, one is in the National Guard, and the third is a civilian.
August 22nd, 2015 at 1:33 AM ^
Must have been a PJ like myself.
August 22nd, 2015 at 7:19 AM ^
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August 22nd, 2015 at 8:09 AM ^
PJ's are awesome, but I really hope you are one as you claim, because all the special ops guys I know would never draw attention to themselves so casually.
August 23rd, 2015 at 1:56 AM ^
I am (retired) but I just meant it harmlessly. We know a good joke when we see one.
August 22nd, 2015 at 8:10 AM ^
Which makes this story even more awesome - three friends who manned the fuck up.
August 22nd, 2015 at 6:21 PM ^
That's just how it works. It's a fairly benign detail but may cause some inter-service brawls in the future.
August 22nd, 2015 at 8:57 AM ^
Ex-Army (and later Army National Guard) here. I gotta say I had a chuckle when it turned out to be Air Force and Army National Guard guys, unfairly stereotyped as "Chair Force" and "Weekend Warriors".
August 22nd, 2015 at 9:12 AM ^
The guy was carrying 12 full cartridges for an AK47, along with a hand gun and a knife. Who the hell knows what would've happened had these heroes not intervened?
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