Jihadists or their Leftist allies. "Explosives Found, Defused in Paris Department Store," from FoxNews, December 16 (thanks to all who sent this in):
PARIS — French police neutralized five sticks of explosives discovered in the restrooms of a prestigious department store in Paris on Tuesday following a warning from a group demanding the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan.Agence France-Presse said it received a letter from a group calling itself the Afghan Revolutionary Front saying that "several bombs" had been planted in the Printemps store.
AFP reported that the letter called for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan by February next year. The bombs were supposed to go off on Wednesday, the group said.
France has about 2,600 troops serving with NATO in Afghanistan, though President Nicolas Sarkozy has said more will be sent.
French television also said five explosive devices had been defused, but police could not immediately confirm.
"Following a classic tip off, police evacuated Le Printemps store. A suspect package was found and is being examined," the police spokesman said, giving no further information....
I know this is serious but,I'm sorry ...
"'Several bombs' ... discovered in the restrooms of a prestigious department store in Paris" ???
I just had to chuckle. My husband's been known to leave a few bombs in MY bathroom at home!
I've shopped at Le Printemps.
Now I know that shoppers can get blown up there by Muzlims. France is really headed down the right path, wouldn't you say? (sarc/on)
I'm sorry, but I can't remember any case where an Islamic terrorist group has called in a warning before a bomb was set off.
Can anyone refresh my memory?
Were any "youths" involved?
Were any "youths" involved?
Posted by: give me doughnuts
They didn't mention 'youths' or 'Asians'.
Must be some kind of cover up...
The French should not give in to this black mail.
""Following a classic tip off, police evacuated Le Printemps store. A suspect package was found and is being examined," the police spokesman said, giving no further information....
-- from the article above
Surely the grand magasin in question is Au Printemps.
And what is a "classic tip off"? Are there different kinds of "tip offs"? Are we in the film-noir land of Rififi, and therefore also of Magali Noel singing "Fais-moi mal, Johnny," just in time for Noel?
"Afghan Revolutionary Front" plants explosives in Paris department store
It's obvious that due to poverty and lack of educational opportunity, the Afghan Revolutionary Front mistook a department store in Paris for Afghanistan. Hey, it could happen to anyone.
Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention the legacy of colonialism… It looks more like it's the legacy of ending colonialism.
"Following a classic tip off, police evacuated Le Printemps store..."
Duh dump dee dummm ... dee dumm ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPyDY5aZyXs
It was a dry run, folks. No detonators.
A warning was given, the explosives were rigged up to be ineffective and a Muslim group that no one had ever heard of claimed responsibility.
Sorry. No Muslims could possibly have been involved. This has all the earmarks of a bunch of brain dead, posturing leftists.
How come they didn't just go on a car-burning riot, like the last time?
Definitely lefties. Who ever heard of Jihadis warning their targets specifically where and when the bombs would go off 2 days in advance?
1 day in advance, thought it was Monday for some reason
Ahem
you forgot to add 'dhimmified' to your description of the presumed leftists.
Such are the fruits of multiculturalism & sellout immigration policies. Looks like Europe will have to endure such Islamic-terrorist blackmail and a lot of innocents occasionally getting blownup here & there. Hope the sucker-hearted Europeans think their wonderful imported diversity was worth it.
Isn't Printemps Arab owned?
Isn't Printemps Arab owned?
Posted by: sheik yer'mami
You mean it's al-Printemps, now?
No, it's still Le Printemps.
http://www.booking.com/landmark/fr/le-printemps.html?aid=304264
Grace a Dieu.
They should start looking at how many Arabs are working in Le Printemps.
At least, it sounds like the Security team is doing a good job.