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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by vickytnz on Saturday April 06, 2013 @11:16AM (#5503805)
Yep, the death was unfortunate (photographer goes back for his gear and doesn't come back). Still, a lot of us Kiwis are still angry at what happened afterwards (France plays hard ball and gets the agents on a French Atoll and then back to France, where they wrote books and moved up the ranks).
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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by omonra on Saturday April 06, 2013 @07:05PM (#5505398)
Yep - this I can certainly agree would make host country angry.

For a story that somewhat parallels what the French did (but a WHOLE different level) check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramil_Safarov

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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by Erwin on Saturday April 06, 2013 @08:13PM (#5505573)
Another tragic case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Kaloyev -- he stabbed and killed the (Danish) flight controller responsible for a plane crash (in Switzerland) in which his children died; after his imprisonment ended early he returned home to North Ossetia be made deputy minister of housing.
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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by omonra on Sunday April 07, 2013 @05:12AM (#5506599)
This is different - " On 8 November 2007, Kaloyev was released from prison, because his mental condition was not sufficiently considered in the initial sentence." Russia did not promise to keep him in prison.
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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by jacquesm on Sunday April 07, 2013 @01:38PM (#5507924)
Not only the Kiwis. Quite a few Dutch people remember this clearly as well.
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