Burkina Faso에 인질로 잡혀있던 2명의 자국민을 구출하기위한 프랑스군의 군사작전에서 2명의 장교전사. 한국인도 구출됐다는데...

프랑스군의 특수부대원들이 금요일 Burkina Faso의 West Africa에서 군사작전중, 인질로 잡혀있던 미국인, 프랑스인, 그리고 한국인이 포함된 4명을 구출하는데는 성공했으나, 아깝게도 2명의 장교가 전사했다고 한다.

2명의 프랑스 관광객들을 구출해내기위한 군사작전이 Burkina Faso 북부지역에서 새벽에 전개됐는데, 4명의 테러분자들을 사살했다고 프랑스 국방장관, Florence Parly씨가 발표했다.

미국과 Burkina당국의 협조를 얻어 매우 조심스럽게 작전계획을 세웠음에도 불구하고, "아무도 미국인, 한국인이 인질로 잡혀있었음을 알지 못했었다 라고, 기자회견에서 장관은 설명했다.

마크롱대통령은 Burkina Faso와 Benin 지역에 이번군사 작전에 협조해주어 고맙다는 인사와 함께 그들이 테러와 싸우는데 계속적으로 지원을 할것임을 약속하기도했다.

그런데  한국정부는 한국인이 납치되여 28일동안이나 테러분자들에 끌려 다녔었는데, 새까맣게 모르고 지내다, 프랑스 정부가 한국대사관에 통보해준후에 이사실을 알게 됐다는 것이다. 도대체 한국의 청와대와 외교부는 뭘하는 존재들인지? 외교부에서는 변명을 해댈것이다. "미국도 자국민이 인질로 잡혀 있었던것을 모르고 지냈는데.... "라고. 원래 남탓하는데는 일등선수급들이니까.

전사한 프랑스 특수군 장교분들께 감사한 뜻을 전하며, 영생하시기를 기원 드린다.

아래의 있는 링크를 클릭하면 외신과 한국뉴스를 볼수 있다.

2019년 5월10일, 금요일, 프랑스 육군은, 프랑스 해군 Cedric de Pierrepont(왼쪽)와 Alain Bertoncello의 사진을 언론에 공개했는데, 이들은 Burkina Faso의 West Africa에서 작전중 전사했다고 한다. 이작전에서 프랑스군은 미국,프랑스 그리고 한국인을 포함한 4명의 인질들을 Benin에서 구출하는데 성공했다고 한다.

PARIS -- Two French special forces officers were killed Friday in a military operation in the West African nation of Burkina Faso that freed four people from the United States, France and South Korea who were kidnapped in neighbouring Benin, French officials.

Four "terrorists" also were killed during the pre-dawn operation in northern Burkina Faso that was carried out to free the two French tourists, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said.

It was "an operation of rare difficulty" that grew more complex with the discovery of the American and South Korean hostages being held with the French citizens, Parly said.

Despite careful planning and American and Burkina support, "no one had any knowledge" of the presence of an American and a South Korean, she said at a news conference.

Contacts with the United States and South Korea "show that these countries were probably not aware of the presence of their two nationals on Burkina Faso territory," she added.

Parly said the four freed hostages were in a "safe place."

French President Emmanuel Macron plans to welcome home the French citizens and the South Korean citizen at a military airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, his office said. The American, whom Parly said was a woman, was expected to be repatriated separately.

The two French tourists failed to return from a visit last week to the Pendjari National Park wildlife reserve in Benin. Their guide was later found dead.

It was not immediately known when and where the American and South Korean were kidnapped.

In a statement Friday, Macron expressed condolences over the deaths of the two Marine commandos participating in France's Barkhane Operation, which has been working to root out terrorists roaming the Sahel region.

A military ceremony for the commandos is planned for next week.

Macron thanked authorities in Burkina Faso and Benin for their co-operation and promised them support in fighting terrorism.Army Chief of Staff Gen. Francois Lecointre said the hostages and their captors were in transit in Burkina Faso "with the intention of the kidnappers to take them to Mali," according to French newspaper Le Monde.

The risk of their being transferred to an extremist group in Mali -- which would have made efforts to free them impossible -- triggered the operation, Lecointre said.

Islamic extremists have become increasingly active in Burkina Faso, raising worries the militants could be infiltrating northern Benin and neighbouring Togo as well.

France has 4,500 troops in a military force in the Sahel aimed at helping local governments fight Islamic extremists.

Pendjari National Park is part of a vast wildlife area that stretches across the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger. The entire area is home to most of the world's remaining West African lion population.

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/05/11/2019051100685.html

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mmandos-killed-freeing-hostages-in-west-africa-1.4417659