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Episode - Explainer: Hostage Rescue for Tots

Explainer: Hostage Rescue for T...

3m 54s

07-01-08

Hostage Rescue for Tots What was a 3-year-old doing at a paramilitary simulation exercise? By Jacob Leibenluft A French soldier wounded 17 people—including a 3-year-old child—when he accidentally loaded his gun with live ammunition during a hostage-taking simulation in the southern city of Carcassonne. What on earth was a 3-year-old doing in a military training scenario? Enjoying the spectacle. According to news reports, the simulation was part of an army open house designed to allow French citizens—including the soldiers' families—to get a closer look at the elite paratrooper unit stationed

 

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Slate Explainer Podcasts

Category: Politics & Opinion

Last update: Thu Aug 28 14:01:44 -0700 2008

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Slate is the Internet's leading online-only magazine. Founded in 1996, we offer a daily selection of articles about politics, popular culture, the arts and science. Our Explainer podcasts feature answers to those little questions you have about the news (but were afraid to ask). For example: "Are concession speeches binding?"

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