TRAFFIC IN FRENCH CITY DISRUPTED SUNDAY AS A WWII BOMB DEFUSED

[Republicain]

TOULOUSE, France, July 15, 2006 (AFP) - Road and rail traffic in the southwestern French city of Toulouse will be disrupted Sunday as a World War II bomb is made safe, local authorities said. Between 500 and 1,000 people will be moved from their homes and road diversions put in place as experts work on the 215 kilo (475 pound) bomb discovered Wednesday 1.5 metres (five feet) underground at an old airfield undergoing depollution operations. Trains between Bordeaux and the Mediterranean cities of Toulon and Marseille will be replaced by a bus service for some 50 kilometers (30 miles) around Toulouse for three hours and delays to train services of between 30 and 45 minutes are expected, rail authorities said. The bomb was found close to the railway line between Toulouse and Narbonne and has been covered with sand in preparation for the removal and explosion of the warhead's fuse. The bomb will be then taken to a safe site to be blown up.

[mvpel]

And the left only gives three years to find the Iraqi WMD.

[Texas Eagle]

Maybe the next time France is engaged in a war they will make more than one bomb.

[llevrok]

let the bomb go off. People in that town were born Toulose anyway.

[Berlin_Freeper]

FRANCE SURRENDERS AS WWII BOMB DEFUSED

[icwhatudo]

It was no longer able to be used as intended and was from a previous war. Therefore we know from the MSM's Iraqi WMD stories that it can not be dangerous and can't be called a bomb...

[johnny7]

Hope the Frenchie's sh*t didn't get... tou louse.

[Darkwolf377]

Those stuck in traffic heard about the bomb and were racing to Germany to surrender again.

[DoughtyOne]

Israel's fault...

[originalbuckeye]

Naaah.....Bush's fault.

[1rudeboy]

No time Toulouse.

[Oratam]

Latrec's tailor: "Too tight, Toulouse?

[naturalized]

The bomb will be then taken to a safe site to be blown up.

Would that be a bomb voyage?

[Dark Skies]

Reminds one of this incredible film...

[patriotUSA]

It was a 13 episode series if I remember. Quite good indeed. I really liked the scene where they find the note from "Hitler"!

[Dark Skies]

I remember it as a series also but I think it can be bought from Amazon as a single film.

It was a classic from the first night.

[TheGrimReaper]

Hey, only 63 years to process the Permit to Defuse Bomb by the French Ministry of Diddling?? (Maybe it was inadvertently stuck in Charles DeGaulle's bath robe).
Pretty quick by their standards, I bet.

[Hazcat]

let the bomb go off. People in that town were born Toulose anyway.


*GROAN*

[Hazcat]

Let's see this bomb is dangerous after 60 years but chemical filled artillery shells are not a problem after 10.

[bassmaner]

Let's see this bomb is dangerous after 60 years but chemical filled artillery shells are not a problem after 10.

I remember reading on FR recently that 90-year-old WW1 mustard rounds are occasionally unearthed in France, which explode and cause casualties.