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Explosives Found, Defused in Paris Department Store
FoxNews ^ | Dec. 16, 2008

Posted on 12/16/2008 5:40:56 AM PST by nuconvert

PARIS — French police neutralized five sticks of explosives discovered in the restrooms of a prestigious department store in Paris on Tuesday following a warning from a group demanding the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan.

Agence France-Presse said it received a letter from a group calling itself the Afghan Revolutionary Front saying that "several bombs" had been planted in the Printemps store.

AFP reported that the letter called for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan by February next year. The bombs were supposed to go off on Wednesday, the group said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bomb; departmentstore; dynamite; explosives; france; mohammedanism; mohammedanism122008; paris; store; wot

1 posted on 12/16/2008 5:40:57 AM PST by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Their layaway policy must be a bitch.


2 posted on 12/16/2008 5:41:51 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: nuconvert

Radical Islam is an insane murder cult.
Moderate Islam is its Trojan Horse in the West.


3 posted on 12/16/2008 5:42:39 AM PST by Travis McGee (--www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com--)
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To: nuconvert
Hmmm - wonder religion the group that planted this bomb is...
4 posted on 12/16/2008 5:45:21 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: nuconvert
The French troops have already mobilized and are retreating
5 posted on 12/16/2008 5:45:38 AM PST by askrenr (Slightly to the right of Attila the Hun.)
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To: nuconvert

A warning was mailed that the explosives were in place.

According to news reports there was no detonator on the scene.

Hard to know exactly who is responsible. The IRA usually called in warnings.

Maybe this is a William Ayers operation.


6 posted on 12/16/2008 5:54:23 AM PST by Carley (Prayers for Sgt. Eddie Ryan)
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To: Travis McGee

Exactly right. We need to stop Islam, too many people are killed in the name of a religion fronted by an insane pedophile.


7 posted on 12/16/2008 6:05:28 AM PST by junkman_106 (The ACLU can go have aerial intercourse with a revolving glazed pastry.)
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To: nuconvert

Are we EVER gonna get tired of these muzzies...

“Invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.”
Ann Coulter


8 posted on 12/16/2008 6:11:46 AM PST by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: askrenr

The French never retreat! They advance rapidly to the rear!Mon dieu!


9 posted on 12/16/2008 6:19:09 AM PST by redstateconfidential (" An American Idol President")
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To: nuconvert
An excerpted part I heard on CNN. "Some French media said explosives had been found but did not have detonators attached."
10 posted on 12/16/2008 6:20:35 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

That’s in the article, too
Maybe we’ll learn more later


11 posted on 12/16/2008 6:25:16 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Carley
A warning was mailed that the explosives were in place.

I'm guessing the message is: withdraw opposition to the Global Jihad, or Paris will get its own Mumbai operation.

12 posted on 12/16/2008 6:30:10 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (We used to institutionalize the insane. Now we elect them.)
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To: Travis McGee
Radical Islam is an insane murder cult. Moderate Islam is its Trojan Horse in the West.

BUMP!

A Trojan Horse, a stalking horse and millions of jackasses that wanna be horses.

When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature, they will like the strong horse. - Osama bin Laden

13 posted on 12/16/2008 6:31:49 AM PST by PGalt
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To: nuconvert

Paris’ number one store.


14 posted on 12/16/2008 6:33:01 AM PST by aculeus
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To: PapaBear3625

The know it alls on TV, you know the ones who insisted it was pilot error on 9/11, are insisting this is all about NATO involvement in Afghanistan.


15 posted on 12/16/2008 6:49:44 AM PST by Carley (Prayers for Sgt. Eddie Ryan)
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To: askrenr
I have been following this story on shortwave since it first broke.

Unconfirmed reports of French EOD team leaving the scene. When asked by reporters if the area was secure, the commander responded, “We give up.”

On a related note, a large quantity of French military rifles have recently come on the market. The announcement reads “French military rifles in unfired condition; only dropped once.”

16 posted on 12/16/2008 7:06:58 AM PST by shoutingandpointing
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To: aculeus

Paris #1 store is McDonald’s


17 posted on 12/16/2008 7:17:19 AM PST by shadeaud (The only thing we have to fear is fear itself and the executive power of president-elect obammma)
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To: All

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=94822

YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
Warden Message: France Urges Security Vigilance
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
Europe - France
17 Dec 2008


18 posted on 12/20/2008 3:27:26 AM PST by Cindy
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