PARIS - A French climber who calls himself "Spiderman" scaled the 47-story headquarters of oil giant TotalFina Elf outside Paris on Tuesday to protest the war in Iraq.
I wonder if he realizes how ironic this is - it's all about French oil interests
Wearing a shirt with the message "No war," Alain Robert reached the top of the office tower in less than an hour. At the top, he unfurled a flag with the same slogan. Police greeted Robert at the top of the building, located in the La Defense financial district west of Paris, and escorted him to the ground floor. "I wanted to protest against the war because I'm an idiot I find the war completely illegal," Robert told reporters, as police led him away. It wasn't clear whether he would be charged with being an idiot criminally. |