French-chartered ship leaves Beirut with 1,250 evacuees

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BEIRUT (AFP) - A ship chartered by the French government left the Lebanese capital for the Mediterranean island of Cyprus with some 1,250 evacuees fleeing the Israeli onslaught on Lebanon on board, an AFP correspondent witnessed.

The French foreign ministry said that 300 of the 800 French nationals on board were children.

The ship was also carrying some 400 nationals of other European Union member states and around 50 Americans.

"More than 8,000 people, most of them French, have contacted the French embassy in Beirut to ask for assistance in leaving," said Lieutenant Colonel Stephane Vogelsinger, a military attache at the embassy.

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[malaise]

1. Meanwhile Bushie is sending a warship to

fetch his citizens on Wednesday. Ah well.

Did you notice that there has not been not one MSM mention of the French rescuing its citizens or the presence of the Fremch PM and Foreign Minister in Lebanon.
add.

More bombs going off in Lebanon.
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[tocqueville]

2. or evacuate 50 American nationals either

I presume

[bbinacan]

4. I thought it was a cruise ship

that was being sent.

[Suich]

3. C'mon!

Don't you know the US evacuated 21 Americans on Sunday???

And the ship they're sending holds 750 passengers and a crew of 400!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: