'War Games' in Red Sea are torpedoed by the French

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The Royal Marines have been forced to cancel their biggest amphibious landing for more than a decade after their French allies pulled out.


The Navy had spent £1"‰million in fuel getting to the Red Sea when the operation was called off - and it cost another £1"‰million to reach the Gulf of Oman, where a new exercise was hastily arranged for the Marines.


More than 1,500 commandos had been in training to storm the shoreline of Djibouti - with 500 French 'Troupes de Marine' ready to back them up.

Navy sources said the decision to cancel was taken by the French after a breakdown in relations over 'administrational issues'.
Navy landed with £2million bill as 'war games' in Red Sea are torpedoed by the French | Mail Online
 

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what was the reason for the breakdown in relations ?
My guess is the French wanted to be in charge.

Navy sources said the decision to cancel was taken by the French after a breakdown in relations over 'administrational issues'.
The French don't care about their reputation..
 
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french nowadays seems to be trying to take control of situations like as in syria, chad, libya etc..........what's happening with the french ?
 

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french nowadays seems to be trying to take control of situations like as in syria, chad, libya etc..........what's happening with the french ?
French is the New Emerging Superpower Surpassing The English

Last week telephone call between Hollande and Netenyahu Hollande told we will Pose tough sanctions aganist Iran Ever country's already Imposed and will Give full support to Israel to stop Iran getting Nukes

and You know that when the Syrian crisis goes over Temp the Rafale's are Ready for Strike Key Targets inside Syria
 

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French is the New Emerging Superpower Surpassing The English

Last week telephone call between Hollande and Netenyahu Hollande told we will Pose tough sanctions aganist Iran Ever country's already Imposed and will Give full support to Israel to stop Iran getting Nukes

and You know that when the Syrian crisis goes over Temp the Rafale's are Ready for Strike Key Targets inside Syria
Well, the UK without the backing of the US is a total zero!

So, the French really have no competition except from Germany.
 

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Let me hope now!!!

The British will engineer a rift between the French and Germans. They will let the Germans to do the job. The French will go begging across the channel. The Germans will be preparing to cross the channel and the Brits will go begging across the Atlantic!!!

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We didn't withdraw from anything, it was broke UK MoD that cancelled to save money...

Huge exercise beached by lack of MoD funds | The Sunday Times

BRITAIN has pulled out of its biggest training exercise in the Middle East for more than a decade amid claims that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) took the decision to save money.About 1,600 Royal Marines were next month scheduled to land on Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa, from 10 Royal Navy warships as part of a test of the new Anglo-French rapid reaction force. However, late last month, military chiefs suddenly cancelled the exercise.
The amphibious landing, codenamed Exercise Djibouti Lion, was intended to mark the end of a four-month deployment around the Middle East by a naval task force.
"We were told it [the cancellation] is simple cost-cutting," said a navy source. "Everyone is disappointed because the big landing exercise would have been a great way to finish the deployment. The French are not happy."
 
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Ex Djibouti Lion cancelled
Apparently the frogs wanted £2 million from us to conduct the exercise- we were offering £250,000 from what I've heard on the grapevine, oh well, least I get to fly home early now. As for the other ex done at the last minuet- Sea Kanjar was already planned to demonstrate how we could work with the UAE Marines (trust me- a fortnight of chicken, rice and pasta twice a day every day is not good for morale).
More funny comments at ARRSE link :)
 

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Le portail des sous-marins > Exercice Djibouti Lion annulé, la faute à la France, la Grande-Bretagne furieuse

Les Royal Marines ont été contraints d'annuler leur plus important exercice amphibie depuis plus d'une décennie, après que les troupes françaises se soient retirés.

La Royal Navy a dû mettre sur pied, dans l'urgence, un nouvel exercice dans le golfe d'Oman.

Plus de 1.500 commandos britanniques avaient été entraînés pour débarquer sur les côtes de Djibouti, aux côtés de 500 membres des Troupes de Marine.

Des sources de la Royal Navy ont indiqué que la décision d'annuler l'exercice a été prise par les Français après une rupture des relations en raison de « problèmes administratifs ».

Les Royal Marines auraient réagi avec fureur puisqu'il avait fallu un an pour organiser l'exercice "Djibouti Lion".

Le débarquement devait se dérouler d'ici la fin du mois. 42 commandos des Royal Marines devaient constituer le fer de lance de la force amphibie.

Près de 600 Marines ont rejoint la mer Rouge à bord de 12 bâtiments de la Royal Navy, constituant la nouvelle Response Force Task.

La force est conduite par le porte-aéronefs HMS Illustrious et comprend aussi le navire amphibie HMS Bulwark, les frégates HMS Montrose et Westminster, et les navires de soutien Lyme Bay et Mounts Bay.
 

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Unfortunately, reading the entire article at that link requires registration, but clearly the reporting is exactly opposite to that of earlier article cited.
Lets see, Daily Mail or Sunday Times... which rag are we to believe? Daily Mail reports aliens are among us sooo...
 

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