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various pics of the french EPIGN members taking of ambassador in Baghdad and protecting civilains in libanon .
various pics of the french EPIGN members taking of ambassador in Baghdad and protecting civilains in libanon .
Last edited by RIMA; 09-01-2006 at 06:39 AM.
Cool, i didnt know the EPIGN operated overseas. Are they usually tasked with embassy protection, or only in real hot zones?
French embassies are usually guarded by Gendarmerie Mobile members, but an EPIGN detachment is often deployed in hot zones (Abidjan, Baghdad, Beirut, you name it). Police members and Gendarmes (not just from the Gendarmerie Mobile) can apply for embassy duty. Since embassies are considerd as home territory, they're not really operating overseas, except when they have to carry out escort and NEO duties, as in these 'hot zones'. In that case, I'm not sure whether Police Nationale members could operate outside the embassy perimeter.Originally Posted by TheBelgian
Thank you very much, RIMA!
There's a good chance most of the lebannon pics are not of EPI, but of police protection service.
Humm yeap ..the 2 photos (bodyarmor with "police" AFP credit) took place in Lebanon.. (evac of frenchies in nabatieh ?)
All other are GIPN members of the french embassy protec det in Baghdad.
love the "9mm of "Dibloumacy" !!
Woah. That has sure to be a dangerous job.
Nice pix, RIMA!
Couple from the French Security Operators thread:
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A French security officer stands by as Iraqi interpreter Hussein Hanun hugs one of his three daughters after getting out of a French embassy car upon arrival home in Baghdad 12 June 2005, following five months of captivity. Hanun, kidnapped along with French journalist Florence Aubenas, was freed after a five-month-long hostage ordeal in this war torn country. The pair was abducted by an unknown group after leaving her hotel in Baghdad on January 5, triggering a massive public campaign in France and elsewhere in Europe for their release. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE[IMG]http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71489636.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D0660E9216B542E947[/IMG]French operators walk outside the fortified French embassy in Baghdad January 8, 2006. (Faleh Kheiber/Reuters)
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French security operators evacuate French nationals from Beirut, 20 July 2006, by helicopter to Cyprus. Thousands of foreigners fled Lebanon by air, sea and land today as the international community picked up the pace of its evacuations following the deadliest day yet of Israeli attacks. AFP PHOTO ERIC FEFERBERG (Photo credit should read ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/***** Images)
good pics
January 2003, Abidjan
Another badge:
I think you meant EPIGN, not GIPN...
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