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	French Revolution - LoveToKnow 1911
		At the suggestion of the municipality of Paris the Assembly decreed a general federation of all France, to be held on the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille.
		It was seen that the French were still able to wage war, and that the revolutionary spirit had permeated the adjoining countries, while the old governments of Europe, jealous of one another and uncertain of the loyalty of their subjects, were ill qualified for resistance.
		The republics established by the French in Italy were overthrown, and the French army retreating from Naples was defeated by Suvarov on the Trebbia.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /The_French_Revolution (20605 words)

	The Republican Guard
		During the Iran-lraq war this organization was expanded from a Palace Guard of one brigade into a separate force -- the Republican Guard Forces Command -- of thirty to thirty-three brigades in seven divisions.
		Despite the guard’s offensive successes of 1988 and 1990, Republican Guard tactical successes were largely set-piece affairs, hinging on extensive planning, logistics stockpiling, and rehearsals.
		In response, a Republican Guard battalion led by outraged al-Dulaymi military officers attacked the Iraqi prison at Abu Gharayb.
	www.angelfire.com /realm3/war.in.iraq/republican/guard.htm (1323 words)

	French Revolution - MSN Encarta
		The French army was in the middle of a major reorganization and was not prepared for war.
		The founding of the first French Republic represented so important a milestone that, when the convention adopted a new revolutionary calendar, it made September 22, 1792, the first day of Year I (see French Republican Calendar).
		The French forces were on the defensive through most of 1793, and in April France was stunned by the desertion of one of its chief commanders, General Dumouriez, to the Austrians.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557826_4____40/French_Revolution.html (1715 words)

	Changing of the guard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		French is a Republican just starting his fourth two-year term as supervisor.
		French said 2001 "was a very difficult year for our family and also for our state and nation," a reference to the deaths of both of his daughters in tragic accidents last year and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
		French is an officer of Adirondack Solidarity Alliance, a property-rights group that opposed the call for new Adirondack Park zoning restrictions by the "Adirondacks in the 21st Century" report released in the early 1990s.
	archive.pressrepublican.com /Archive/2002/01_2002/010420024.htm (701 words)

	National Guard (France) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The second and final time the Guard took on the appearance of a popular force was during the short life span of the Commune of 1871; the first time was during the revolution of 1848.
		Because of the time-consuming and complex process involved in nominating and electing guard officers, a noticeable reluctance on the part of the lower-class guardsmen to put themselves forward as candidates, and the massive abstentions, the elections resulted in the victory of moderate republicans at command level in most legions.
		The guard's last hurrah came during the Paris Commune of 1871, when it was revived as a large force and groomed as the "army" of the Communards.
	www.cats.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/ip/natguard.htm (1481 words)

	Boston.com / War in Iraq
		Iraqi Republican Guard forces gather on the outskirts of Baghdad Thursday in preparation for a final defense of the capital city.
		Washington says that two of the Republican Guard's divisions that had tried to block the advance of U.S. forces to the Iraqi capital have been smashed and put out of action.
		Earlier, U.S. military sources said units of the Republican Guard were heading south from Baghdad as vanguard U.S. units advanced to within about 19 miles of the southern outskirts of the city.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/03/war_guard.htm (807 words)

	France-Bastille-Day, 1st Writethru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		France's horse-mounted Republican Guard surrounded the jeep, trotting to keep up with the president on the four-kilometre stretch from the Arc de Triomphe.
		French tenor Roberto Alagna sang the national anthem, La Marseillaise, accompanied by the French army choir and the symphony orchestra of the Republican Guard.
		Capping the day for the French was a victory by countryman David Moncoutie in the 12th stage of the Tour de France bicycle race.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/050714/w071462.html (572 words)

	CNN - Inspecting Iraq - Iraq Military Jane's Defense analysis
		The Republican Guard evolved out of a small unit tasked to protect the president and the capital.
		During the latter years of the Iran-Iraq War, the Guard had grown to eight divisions as well as numerous independent brigades, adding perhaps another four division equivalents, or 150,000 men.
		The expansion of the force diluted its status as the praetorian guard of the regime.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/1998/iraq/guard (263 words)

	French Republican Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The French Republican Guard (French: Garde républicaine) is the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmerie Nationale of France.
		Guarding important public buildings in Paris such as the Élysée Palace, the residence of the prime minister, call Hôtel Matignon, the Senate, the National Assembly, the Hall of Justice, and keeping public order in Paris.
		The Republican Guard mans the honour guards welcoming foreign heads of state or government; here, president Jacques Chirac welcomes then king of Cambodia]] Norodom Sihanouk to the Élysée Palace.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Republican_Guard (314 words)

	Gov. Refuses Bush Request for Border Troops - Orlando Sentinel :
		Under that deadline, the 6,000 National Guard soldiers from different states are to be in place by Aug. 1, assisting federal Border Patrol agents.
		Though the role envisioned for the Guard is rather mundane — repairing trucks, fixing roads and operating surveillance cameras — the deployment has been swept up in a volatile mix of immigration politics and campaign strategy.
		Another concern was disrupting the training of Guard troops by sending more to the border, she said.
	www.orlandosentinel.com /la-me-guard24jun24,1,3200567.story (985 words)

	Bastille Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The parade also involves the French Republican Guard, and occasionally (non-military) police units; it always ends with the much-cheered and popular Paris Fire Brigade (which, exceptionally, has military status in France).
		Remember that, from all parts of the national territory, delegations of the National Guard and of the Army came to Paris to celebrate the deeds of '89.
		The very popular General La Fayette, as both captain of the National Guard of Paris and confidant of the king, took his oath to the Constitution, followed by the King Louis XVI.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Bastille_Day (1376 words)

	Battling the Republican Guard - Weapons profiles - MSNBC.com
		Norman Schwarzkopf commanded the attack on the Republican guard in the last Gulf War, and now also works as an NBC analyst.
		The Republican Guards trace their roots to a brigade of Palace Guards meant to protect Iraq’s president.
		By the end of the war, the Republican Guard had been anointed as Iraq’s primary offensive weapon.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3070304/from/RL.4 (640 words)

	CNN.com - Voting for a better choice - April 26, 2002
		The present situation is that French voters are worried about crime.
		The big winner was the record 28 percent of French voters who abstained -- a lot more than voted for any candidate.
		By refusing to vote, what many French voters said on Sunday was "Give us better choices.'' The abstainers threw the system into turmoil, and they made their point -- a choice between two discredited incumbents and a bunch of extremists is no choice at all.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/04/26/pol.play.french.elex (419 words)

	eXile - Issue #163 - Feature Story - The Republican Guard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Republican Guard was allowed to survive, and that's how we found ourselves in the mess we're in today.
		If only we'd confronted the Republican Guard then, forced them into combat, we wouldn't be faced with the problem we have today: a mad, disastrous military campaign that is sure to ruin not only Iraq, but ultimately, the entire Middle East and with it America.
		A powerful group of proactive-war-mongering Republicans and their pundits marked by two common features: abjectly draft-dodging the Vietnam War, then when the coast was clear, slipping out of hiding, joining the Republican far-right and relentlessly shoving a newer generation into battle in order to test the theories they developed while in hiding during the 60s.
	exile.ru /163/163010100.html (2711 words)

	Iraqi Republican Guard 'finished'
		They fought skirmishes with Iraq's elite Special Republican Guard as they went up to the Tigris river from the southern outskirts of the city before moving west towards the airport.
		The US Army is reported to have captured the Suwayra headquarters of the Republican Guard's Medina Division, but a military official in Doha could not confirm.
		There were still Republican Guard soldiers around - "we haven't killed all of them but the ones that are still around are walking with a bit of a limp," the general said.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/886032/posts (969 words)

	Most Heroic Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The battle was the Republican French vs the Royalist French.
		Two French attack columns were attacking a British brigade in class III woods.
		The only problem is that the heavies must cross the battlefield in front of two French artillery batteries (one of which is firing 12# shells).
	www.piquet.org /pkmha.htm (838 words)

	Why America should go to war with Saddam Hussein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The approach vector was such that if their bombs landed long they would hit several blocks of flats where civilians still lived (though the pilots could not have known which had people in them and which did not).
		The few remaining Republican Guard detachments Saddam had were grinding up the Kurdish population, regardless of whether they were resisting or not.
		The Republican Guard had entered the north and was only hours away from where they were now.
	www.republicanandproud.com /arbil.htm (3495 words)

	Postcards From Paris: March 2006
		But French labor unions have endorsed the student protests, leaving people here subject to a general strike on Tuesday if negotiations between the government and CPE opponents aren't successful.
		I simply don't understand why the French revere her, given that her only talent seems to be disrobing.
		The Republican Guard has about 3,200 members, entrusted with the job of protecting French heads of state.
	travelblogs.latimes.com /paris/2006/03/index.html (1849 words)

	The Blog \| Cenk Uygur: The Republican Guard \| The Huffington Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His only concern, as a dutiful, obedient member of the Republican Guard, is to protect his political leader.
		As long as the Democratic party, as an institution, and its "leaders" refuse to take on the republican corruption for what it is, a naked power grab, and pound away at it every single day, even if the Republicans call them nasty names, they will remain a minority party.
		Cenk is absolutely right about the Republican Guard (and that includes a high percentage of the Democrats in Congress), although I would say that we are not all responsible (yet) for the crimes and atrocities of this administration and their enablers and sycophants.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /cenk-uygur/the-republican-guard_b_15864.html (2973 words)

	La Mariana an aria legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Patton reviewed the French Guard Republican, the British Grenadiers and Ange’s humble 28.
		When he was released from duty in January 1946, Ange sailed on a Liberty ship, which lost a propeller in the North Atlantic.
		His first civilian job was teaching music at five grade schools and a junior high school in Richmond, Va. On the side, he worked for the Mutual Network.
	www.pressrepublican.com /Archive/2001/12_2001/120620011.htm (1172 words)

	Gendarmerie Nationale (France) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The policing of countryside areas and of small towns, usually populations under 20,000, outside of the jurisdiction of the French National Police.
		While its existence ensured the relative safety of French rural districts and roads the marechaussee was regarded in contemporary England (which had no effective police force of any nature)as a symbol of foreign tyranny.
		a detachment to the security group of the President of the French Republic, whose responsibility is to ensure the safety of the President and of his family and guests.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/French_Gendarmerie (988 words)

	3d United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)
		The training, which ended Jan. 24 and included checkpoint operations, anti-terrorism force protection, close quarters combat and marksmanship, was part of Bravo Co.’s mission supporting the Global War on Terrorism in it’s deployment to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
		The soldiers were instructed through French and Somali-language translators and instruction booklets on the essentials of defending their nation against terror threats.
		Following the week of classes, Bravo Co. soldiers spent a week in the field at sites in and around Arta, Djibouti, engaging in practical training exercises with commissioned and non-commissioned officers from the rapid reaction force and republican guard.
	www.army.mil /oldguard/stories/feb2.htm (760 words)

	Arab News
		The difference is indeed huge between a state such as France and a newly born state whose only record of achievement is that it was built on the ruins of another people whom it subjugated by force.
		Having said this I should confess that I am a little worried about the French leader and his prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, who not only allowed Arafat to be treated at a French military hospital but also visited him and closely followed his condition.
		He did also lead the French Army in exile in the war for the liberation of Europe from the Nazis.
	www.arabnews.com /services/print/print.asp?artid=54697 (837 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Instead, the conversation between two Iraqi Republican Guard Corps commanders that included the order to remove reference to "nerve agents" from "wireless" communications was intended to ensure the regime was in compliance with international demands to disarm, the Foreign Affairs magazine reported in its online edition this week.
		Sufian was commander of the six Republican Guard units responsible for the defense of Baghdad.
		He and a group of other Republican Guard commanders had already decided that they were not going to sacrifice themselves or their men for Saddam Hussein.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=republicanguard (4526 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- Private bodyguards are essential in Iraq
		Some are taught how to guard the residences where the clients live, and others are trained to be bodyguards.
		One job applicant was a veteran of Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard.
		So far, none of the people Sweeney guards has left Iraq, but he said clients of other security firms have been driven out by the stress.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20040603-9999-1n3guard.html (1133 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
		The French ambassador's 19th century residence was the elegant setting for the press launch of the Paris-London charity bike race here in London yesterday.
		Commissioned by the French and British Governments, the event is a collaboration between Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) which runs the Tour de France, and The Events Group, which organises events like the Tour de Langkawi and The Manchester Track Championships.
		They will also be working alongside representatives of the French Republican Guard who are responsible for race security at the Tour de France.
	www.cyclingnews.com /news.php?id=news/2004/oct04/oct07news (2280 words)

	Did Republican Guard Commander Cut Deal With US?
		The mystery of what happened to the Iraqi Republican Guard defending Baghdad appears to have been solved if a report in today's Le Monde is to be believed.
		The French daily reports that Maher Sufyan, Commander of the Republican Guard reached an agreement with American forces in which he ordered his forces to surrender in exchange for his transfer via an American Apache helicopter to an undisclosed safe haven.
		Quoting anonymous sources, Le Mondeâs correspondent in Baghdad said that Sufyan ordered all Republican Guard forces to lay down their arms and go home.
	www.rense.com /general37/deal.htm (174 words)

	SuperFrenchie » Pomp And Circumstance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		That’s something whici is saddly missing in the French society, wrongly in my view.
		I liked the way she went on in French, with an admirable lack of ado.
		I’m not sure if that is the French republican Guard or Gay Pride Day in Paris.
	superfrenchie.com /?p=767 (4480 words)

	Joint Egyptian- French naval maneuvers
		The French Embassy in Cairo said on Monday that Egyptian and French warships on Monday started naval maneuvers off the Egyptian coats on the Mediterranean.
		The same source explained that Celiopatra 2000 maneuvers are expected to be conducted along ten days with training on inspection and rescue operations, confronting submarines and attacking gun-ships.
		French warships taking part in these maneuvers are the missile equipped frigate " Sovrein," the anti-submarine frigate La Mout Pecet, the leadership ship Marren while Egypt will be taking place in two frigates, two gun-ships and a backing ship.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/000919/2000091910.html (321 words)

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