Plot to bomb the Eiffel Tower uncovered?
posted at 9:40 am on January 11, 2008 by Bryan
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Matt Sanchez sends a link to this story in Le Monde. Google translates it as follows:
Les services de la direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST) are trying to identify the perpetrators of a message received disturbing, Thursday, January 10, by the controllers of the Civil Aviation Portuguese. It is a conversation intercepted at dawn on shortwave reports of terrorist threats in Paris. The protagonists of this exchange, “vague and confusing” according to a police source, referring to an attack on the Eiffel Tower. Soon, the Portuguese authorities have alerted their counterparts french, which is now trying to find the transmitter.
This new message is not “panic” - in the words of a police officer - the services of french counter-intelligence. But it is combined with other threats made in recent days on the websites jihadists, which call for the “brothers Striking Paris.”
The safety device implemented in the capital over the past several months has not been strengthened. “That was not helpful, because we Vigipirate red for several months, said the prefecture of police. Is the level higher before the scarlet alert, which is implemented when there are attacks. ”
On the Internet, the forums Islamists, illegal or not, multiply antifrançaises diatribes. A message was broadcast on January 3 in Arabic, plans to “put an end to the continuing ambitions of President Sarkozy in the Maghreb countries” and cause “a collapse of the French economy at the international level”.
Something to keep an eye on. I suppose some people will react more to the fact that the French are intercepting terrorist communications than to the plot that that the interception uncovered. We wouldn’t want to violate the terrorists’ civil rights, after all.
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Go get em, Sarkozy!
Its Tommy on January 11, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Sacre Merde!
JayHaw Phrenzie on January 11, 2008 at 9:47 AM
Obviously, France has not passed the “global test”.
Techie on January 11, 2008 at 9:47 AM
Sarkozy the American is obviously pissing off the Islamists.
Good.
amerpundit on January 11, 2008 at 9:49 AM
Ze Google, funny she translates language of the frog.
I thought the French had pretty much surrendered in the GWOT and accepted the fact that they were already in the clutches of the islamofascists. Don’t they celebrate when only 300 cars a day are torched?
pistolero on January 11, 2008 at 9:50 AM
How soon will it be before the Bush Administration is somehow linked to this and accused of violating the rights of everyone in the world?
Nipsey on January 11, 2008 at 9:50 AM
Holy 5h14 for those of you “in Rio Linda”
ronsfi on January 11, 2008 at 9:50 AM
“The violins of Autumn wound my heart with a monotonous languor”
“John has a long mustache”
Hening on January 11, 2008 at 9:51 AM
What, are there no more cars left to burn in Paris?
Gartrip on January 11, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Godspeed to our foreign brethren.
PolitiNOOB on January 11, 2008 at 9:56 AM
But, but, France opposed our illegal invasion of Iraq! Surely muslims must be grateful for France’s brave stance against those beligerent Islamophbic Americans. /sarc
Bigfoot on January 11, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Hmmm…interesting. For all France’s liberal immigration policies and catering to immigrant Muslim demands and Muslim-friendly foreign policy, the terrorists *still* want to blow up the Eiffel Tower?
And people say American foreign policy is why we get attacked. Interesting.
mattyj86 on January 11, 2008 at 9:59 AM
It’s not an “Islamic terrorist threat”, it’s “cultural”.
awake on January 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Wow, that would really, really suck, huh? (snark)
LtE126 on January 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM
“Let them bomb cake.”
Marie Antoinette XVIII
Hening on January 11, 2008 at 10:01 AM
I guess the “youths” are getting restless again.
bert169 on January 11, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Word order, reversed, adjectives describing noun following, reveal tranlation used, automated was.
Nyog_of_the_Bog on January 11, 2008 at 10:09 AM
I wonder what would have happened if they had been able to pull it off? Would they surrender like Spain or fight like us?
thekingtut on January 11, 2008 at 10:13 AM
They need to knock that sh*t down. Wake those dumb Europeans up.
thareb on January 11, 2008 at 10:18 AM
LOL! I wonder how many people get the reference. :-0
highhopes on January 11, 2008 at 10:18 AM
That was pre-Sarkozy; he called them “scum”.
Frozen Tex on January 11, 2008 at 10:20 AM
The longest day…
Frozen Tex on January 11, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Good question. I guess it really depends on if destroying an international landmark would be enough to rile them into action. Given the ethnic tensions, what I fear would happen is full-fledged civil rioting throughout the major cities of France (as opposed to a concerted effort by the central government).
highhopes on January 11, 2008 at 10:22 AM
That wasn’t meant as a quiz but you get a gold star for answering first! ;-0
highhopes on January 11, 2008 at 10:22 AM
Remember Napoleon? The French can be mean when they want to.
Techie on January 11, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Or for those of you in Rio Linda who speak 1337.
Esthier on January 11, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Yeah, they have a good day every two centuries or so.
highhopes on January 11, 2008 at 10:40 AM
They will attack any symbol of infidelism. Pick your favorite landmark and say goodbye if they ever take over. Just like the Afghan Buddha statue, any non-islamic monument will be destroyed.
Tony737 on January 11, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Made this threat most disturbing Yoda?
BohicaTwentyTwo on January 11, 2008 at 10:47 AM
5h14 I get. 1337 I’m having a little trouble with.
samuelrylander on January 11, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Make no mistake, this baby is coming down…it’s just a matter of time. Islam is on the march, and in our PC environment of today it’s painfully obvious, no one has the will to stop it.
NRA4Freedom on January 11, 2008 at 11:13 AM
They’re thinking about hitting the Arc de Triomphe or other sites, too, apparently. This would be much worse; it would at least double the casualties. Good thing Chirac is outta there, he’d probably close his eyes and pretend nothing was happening.
Eclectic on January 11, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Napolean was Corsican, actually. The French only win when they’re not being led by Frenchmen.
Frozen Tex on January 11, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Here’s a better (more readable) translation (by yours truly, a French speaker), along with the translated 2nd part of the article which was not included in the post above:
Clouds on January 11, 2008 at 11:52 AM
It’s all a multicultural misunderstanding. The terrorist want to celebrate the day that Mohamed took a dump in the sand by lighting up the Eiffel Tower. -just a really cool party favor.
Zorg on January 11, 2008 at 12:31 PM
The truly sad part is that the tower WILL come down and so will the Arch and probably parts of the Louvre as well. It took two shots to get the World Trade Center, but they got it thanks to Billy Clinton. The French will be TOTALLY shocked, and then they will blame us. The French need to remember what the Taliban did to the centuries old Bhudda statues. Nothing is sacred to these people.
In the end, the French will do what the French ALWAYS do: throw up their cheese and wine filled hands and surrender. The women will don burquas and the men will drop to their knees and convert. Frnace is over. France is done. Kiss it goodbye. England will follow, then Belgium, the Netherlands, etc…
If you want to see Europe, get going, because in a few yrs, it will be as unsafe and unwelcoming as Saudi Arabia or any other Islamist state.
All we can do is sit back and decide whether or not we want to welcome the Euro post-christian refugees or send their boats to Canada and South America.
Gartrip on January 11, 2008 at 12:37 PM
leet
RushBaby on January 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM
samuelrylander wrote:
It’s Leet.
Karl on January 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM
SECOND!!!
Karl on January 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Thank you
RushBaby on January 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM
haha, I appreciate it when folks help me, so I always try to reciprocate. See you do too, and that’s ALL good.
RushBaby on January 11, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Yeah, the last truly phenomenal native-born French General was Vicomte de Turenne, who fought on the Thirty-Years War, and some of Louis XIV’s early wars. Marechal De Saxe was actually a real Continental mutt (Polish & German extraction, I think), so he’s out. I’ve also thought Tassigny was okay (WWII with Ike in the ETO, and Vietnam), but I’ve never heard much in the way of accolades for him from historians. Maybe Generals need time to get proper appreciation.
Funny, but I thought they used the same quotes in “Red Dawn”, not just “Longest Day”.
dmh0667 on January 11, 2008 at 12:43 PM
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Knock, knock. Hello? Can you please help me? I am looking for my favorite site: HotAir.com and seemed to have made a wrong turn somewhere. I’ve inadvertantly stumbled into the “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?/DaVinci Code Mash-up blog”…
Or has this HA thread decended into stream-of-conciousness blogging because the topic is Fwance? H.E.L.P.
NightmareOnKStreet on January 11, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Someone will bring the thread back on topic. (How about you?) Meanwhile, others are just being friendly.
RushBaby on January 11, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Back on topic:
Reuters has the story.
CBS has a related story.
Karl on January 11, 2008 at 12:55 PM
This sounds like a job for…
TEAM AMERICA!
mojo on January 11, 2008 at 1:03 PM
I tried to read it as Inspector Clouseau but work much better yoda voice does.
clghitis on January 11, 2008 at 3:55 PM
Trouble with the way Yoda talks do you have?
But to get back to the original thread here, I think the Gaulies just might surprise us if their monuments are taken out.
thekingtut on January 11, 2008 at 4:13 PM
a “vague and confusing” exchange
Sounds about normal for the followers of
. They seem to be confused about what it means to live in the “enlightened West” versus the medieval, barbaric sandbox from which they emigrated. Their desperate attempt to hang onto the lifestyle of 680 AD has put them at odds with the country they freely came to.
Their diehard single mindedness has led them to attempt to destroy many symbols of other cultures, including the Afghan Buddhas, many temples in India and even their attempts to destroy the Pyramids of Egypt (although that didn’t work out so well as they were to well built and took to much labour).
Having been given a free hand in Europe (since the 73 oil embargo) by the apoplectic Liberal do-gooders, Islamists have been slowly taking over many areas of Europe. Now they feel that since they own the place, might as well do some interior decorating. This type of behaviour will only continue to get worse, until the rightful landlord puts them back in their place.
cdn.infidel on January 11, 2008 at 4:14 PM
“Napolean was Corsican, actually. The French only win when theyre not being led by Frenchmen.” -Frozen Tex
And teenager girls who hear voices!
Tony737 on January 11, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Which has more legs Polish jokes or Liberty fry jokes?
If you actually knew French history you would all feel like ignorant dorks.
But we all need whipping boys.
BL@KBIRD on January 12, 2008 at 2:06 AM
You accuse the French of surrendering but you’ve already psychologically surrendered half the West in a self-righteous fit of myopia, pessimism and misanthropy.
aengus on January 12, 2008 at 5:29 PM
“Instability. The intensity with which they are held does not prevent nationalist loyalties from being transferable. To begin with, as I have pointed out already, they can be and often are fastened up on some foreign country. One quite commonly finds that great national leaders, or the founders of nationalist movements, do not even belong to the country they have glorified. Sometimes they are outright foreigners, or more often they come from peripheral areas where nationality is doubtful. Examples are Stalin, Hitler, Napoleon, de Valera, Disraeli, Poincare, Beaverbrook. The Pan-German movement was in part the creation of an Englishman, Houston Chamberlain.”
aengus on January 12, 2008 at 5:32 PM