Sentence examples for french commando from inspiring English sources

A French commando raid in Somalia to free a captive intelligence agent ended in the deaths of 17 Islamists and a French soldier.

Related: Details Emerge About French Commando Raid That Freed Hostage Held for 1,224 Days in Mali.

In the first operation, French commando units tracked down the Somali hostage takers from the attack on Le Ponant, and arrested six pirates.

"I'll get the Barrett?" a French commando asks, referring to the heavy-calibre sniper rifle stowed in the back of his pick-up truck.

French commandos have used lethal force to free hostages.

The plot was foiled when French commandoes stormed the plane.

This time French commandos boarded the boat and beat him up.

Two French commandos died, and the hostage-takers say they have killed the agent.

France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, ordered Djibouti-based French commandos into action.

Twice this year, French commandos battled with pirates who hijacked French yachts.

Free French commandos did participate, but theirs was a small force.