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Eiffel Tower evacuated after bomb alert
Channel News Asia ^
| 09/14/2010
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Posted on 09/14/2010 12:53:50 PM PDT by Pyro7480
Police evacuated the Eiffel Tower and the park surrounding the Paris landmark on Tuesday after a bomb alert, an AFP journalist said.
A police officer said about 25,000 people were in the area at the time of the alert but added that they left calmly shortly before 9:00 pm (1900 GMT).
The officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the alert was sounded either after a threat was phoned in or following the discovery of a suspicious package.
The people evacuated, mostly French and foreign tourists, were asked to stay on the nearby Seine river banks, and the tower area and Champ de Mars park were declared off limits.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eiffel; france; paris
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CNN reporting that a threat was phoned in. This is just hours after the French legislature voted overwhelming to ban Islamic veils covering women's faces.
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posted on
09/14/2010 12:53:52 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
To: Pyro7480; a fool in paradise
Damn, even Las Vegas ain’t safe no more these days!
To: Pyro7480
Those wonderful Islam folks...These face coverings are not required by that so called religion.
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posted on
09/14/2010 12:56:27 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(What)
To: Cincinna
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posted on
09/14/2010 12:57:09 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Pyro7480
Sounds like a “veiled” threat.
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posted on
09/14/2010 12:57:31 PM PDT
by
jersey117
To: windcliff
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posted on
09/14/2010 12:57:38 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: Pyro7480
"mostly French and foreign tourists" I find this clarification of who would be at the Eiffel Tower in Paris hilarious. :~D
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posted on
09/14/2010 12:58:09 PM PDT
by
My hearts in London - Everett
(So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
09/14/2010 12:58:09 PM PDT
by
steveo
(2010 never again)
To: Pyro7480
Response to the Burka ban.
To: Sacajaweau
Sure it’s not required. But why let a good opportunity for mayhem go to waste? Besides, Justice Breyer says banning the Burqa is like yelling fire in a theater.
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posted on
09/14/2010 12:59:12 PM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: steveo
I don’t think a bomb has been found as of yet.
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posted on
09/14/2010 12:59:12 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
To: steveo
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posted on
09/14/2010 12:59:41 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
To: My hearts in London - Everett
Were there a few aliens milling around too?
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posted on
09/14/2010 1:00:12 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: Pyro7480
Evacuating the Eiffel Tower would be no small task. The area is huge and generally there are quite a few folks running around. Security there seems relatively robust, but I guess you never know.
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posted on
09/14/2010 1:01:25 PM PDT
by
stormer
To: Pyro7480
This saga can’t go on for ever because people are finally realizing the nature of what is going on with Islam. 911 was not enough for some folks.
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
09/14/2010 1:03:11 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: Pyro7480
Don't worry. A solution is at hand.
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posted on
09/14/2010 1:03:43 PM PDT
by
walford
(http://natural-law-natural-religion.blogspot.com/)
To: My hearts in London - Everett
The people evacuated, mostly French and foreign tourists I wonder who doesn't fall into those categories. Martians? I think they would still be tourists.
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posted on
09/14/2010 1:03:43 PM PDT
by
Never on my watch
(Why does the Left think Muslims are going to behave as Christians?)
To: Retired Greyhound
yes, only one voting to not.
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posted on
09/14/2010 1:04:52 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Bless and Protect Our Men and Women in Uniform)
To: Pyro7480
Send in Team America: World Police. America F@&$ Yeah!
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posted on
09/14/2010 1:05:53 PM PDT
by
Azeem
(The world will look up and shout "Save us!"... And I'll whisper "No.")
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