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2008-01-12 Europe

Militant threat on Eiffel Tower intercepted

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Posted by Steve White 2008-01-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Did they threaten to blow it up, or to turn it into a giant tesla cannon to attack allied forces with?

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-01-12 00:49|| 2008-01-12 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Awesome picture. Dukka duckka jihad...

Posted by Ol Dirty American 2008-01-12 10:22|| 2008-01-12 10:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The alert goes from Red to Scarlet?
I must be missing the subtlety here. What is it before red, burgundy? Is it Vermillion after Scarlet?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-01-12 11:51|| 2008-01-12 11:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Black is the next level. The French are perfectly capable of getting ugly if they have to. They just have to want to do it. Blow the Eiffel Tower and they'll want to.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-01-12 13:26|| 2008-01-12 13:26|| Front Page Top

#5 "Civilization" to France, WAKE UP.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-01-12 13:58|| 2008-01-12 13:58|| Front Page Top

#6 If they are targeting the Eiffel Tower, everybody in Paris needs an immediate tetnus shot. That thing should have been wheeled to the scrap yard in 1960.

Posted by Super Hose 2008-01-12 14:40|| 2008-01-12 14:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Let them hit it, SOMETHING needs to wake the Phrench, that will do it.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-01-12 16:38|| 2008-01-12 16:38|| Front Page Top

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