Drone attack wounds at least six French soldiers at base in Iraq’s Makhmour, Erbil governor says
https://www.reuters.com/world/drone-attack-wounds-least-six-french-soldiers-base-iraqs-makhmour-erbil-governor-2026-03-12/
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Drone attack wounds at least six French soldiers at base in Iraq’s Makhmour, Erbil governor says
https://www.reuters.com/world/drone-attack-wounds-least-six-french-soldiers-base-iraqs-makhmour-erbil-governor-2026-03-12/
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That psychopath in the white house is getting us dragged into a world war, isn’t he?
That’s a very brief article.
Damn, with Macron’s recent rhetoric, I don’t know how he will respond to this.
The situation we got ourselves in is fucking infuriating. Trump pisses on our veterans and everything they sacrificed for the US for sport and at the same time drags us into yet another American war.
This was always gonna happen. After the strikes on British and German bases, Cyprus, Turkey, the Greek airforce intervening etc.. The damage wasn’t gonna stay material only.
Trump has put us in a position where we either abandon the bases we have in the area, which is unrealistic for many reasons, watch on as more European soldiers and civilians are wounded or killed, or eventually get involved “defensively” i.e. supporting the US once again. All because we’re so dependent we can’t afford to tell this psycho to shove it.
I hope they are not seriously injured.
Europe should not be dragged into this madness.
Why does France have soldiers stationed in Iraq?
Are you all standing on a US base?
When does the eu sanction the us for starting another war?
Damn, Iranian drones are not only killing Ukrainians anymore. What a horrible regime.
They should probably get out of Iraq
maybe we should just join the war atp
Update: One soldier confirmed dead by Macron on X
https://x.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/2031866936339152982
Why is Iran attacking an uninvolved country’s soldiers in another uninvolved country’s land?
There needs to be some response to Iran killing a french soldier
Iran bombs and kills french soldiers and the french be like ” why would trump do this” lmao
Ooff this is not good. I mean it’s tragic from the human perspective, but it’s also like another escalation. Each little escalation can be managed individually, but they eventually add up and shit gets real ugly because everyone has skin in the game and takes it personally. Devolves into like tribalism or something eventually.
Why are there French troops in Iraq?
This is probably the very reason the American ground operation is being delayed – losses from Iranian drones would be too high.
what are the french doing there?