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President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Andrea Merkel in Paris on August 16, 2011.
Friday, Jan. 20, 2012

Open quoteThe French army is not in Afghanistan so that Afghan soldiers can shoot at them.Close quote

  • NICOLAS SARKOZY,
  • president of France, suspending French forces from Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier opened fire and killed four of France's NATO troops on Friday
Photo: Horacio Villalobos / EPA | Source: Washington Post