Charlie Bravo a écrit :Beautiful pictures, thank you so much ! Do you know why et where Alliot Marie met them ?
Do you know also if swedish soldiers are in Afghanistan and in arab countries (Libya, Egypt...) ?
I prefer to use english, maybe it would more easy for you.
Glad you liked them! My english is far better than my french so yeah, works fine with me!
This is what it says on AFP's website were the photo also is available(without the blurs though)
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, BUNIA : French Defense Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie shakes hands with soldiers of Swedish special force in Bunia, 01 August 2003. The force was sent in after it became clear that 700 UN peacekeepers already deployed in the troubled Ituri province in the northeastern part of the DRCongo were not enough.
AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ
http://www.imageforum-diffusion.afp.com ... d%3d&mui=1Yes, Swedish special forces are deployed in Afghanistan! In 2005 they lost 2 men there.
Regarding Libya, this is a rough translation of what was posted(in swedish) on the Swedish Armed Forces website
The government has not yet formally decided on an operation with Swedish Special Forces within the framework of Operation Unified Protector/Libya. Still the SOG(Swedish Special Forces) are preparing for an operation. Right now training and educating themselves, including boardings with Rhib-boats and other methods for boarding ships.
http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Forband ... r-insats-/I'm afraid I have no information if they have been in Egypt. I can imagine a few operators are there though!
In the 21th Century Swedish SF have been posted(as far as public knows) in
Congo(Operation Artemis)
Tchad/Sudan
Afghanistan( in Mazar-e Sharif)
Maybe, Bosnia and Kosovo
Ive posted two videos with Swedish SF in Congo and Tchad!