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Europe
Eiffel Tower perimeter fence built to stop terrorism
2018-06-16
[BBC] Paris is to unveil its newly built perimeter defences around the Eiffel Tower to protect against terror threats.

Temporary barriers were placed around the tower in June 2016, and are now being replaced with more permanent measures.

Set to be completed in mid-July, the fences cost nearly €35 million ($40.1m; £30.1m).

More than 240 people have died in terror attacks in France since 2015.

Bernard Gaudillère, president of the Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) which runs the iconic monument, said the new walls were "rock-solid for absolute security".
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  I guess all the terrorists really are in Paris. Who knew? Oh that's right, Trump did.
Posted by: Uneth Gonque8041   2018-06-16 17:26  

#4  They fenced the Eiffel tower? Good grief.
Posted by: John Frum   2018-06-16 10:07  

#3  "They're in the wire"

Who thought Dien Bien Phu was an allegory for France itself? /rhet
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-06-16 07:52  

#2  When you're down to trying to protect individual national monuments and icons, I suspect you've lost the fight.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-06-16 06:46  

#1  When you don't control your borders, you have to build walls everywhere else.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-06-16 05:26  

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