Billy:
Try this link to the Reuters story - the video link is embedded at the bottom. I originally had trouble watching it as it would skip immediately to the next video as soon as the brief commercial ended. I embedded the link into the above post and it works fine on my computer and still comes up. That's about the limit of my computer knowledge.
I think you're right about Chirac - maybe Nicolas is just trying to impress his new, much taller wife (I know I would be).
French commandos swoop after pirates free hostages | World | Reuters