Posted on 07/18/2008 6:04:09 PM PDT by Abathar
PARIS, France (CNN) -- Explosives used to destroy land mines have disappeared from a site near Lyon, France, the French Interior Ministry said Friday.
About 62 pounds (28 kilograms) of explosives were stolen from a depot at the civil security site at Fort de Corbas, the ministry said in a written statement, because of an apparent breach in the site's protection.
Michele Alliot-Marie, France's minister of the interior, immediately suspended the head of the security center and started an investigation.
French anti-terrorism authorities and the Lyon police also are participating in the investigation, the statement
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Probably youths of undetermined middle-eastern origin in mischievous moods.
68 lbs of explosive can give a hell of a new meaning to the word “mischievous”.
I just can’t imagine the Paris skyline without the Eiffel Tower. ;-)
Great. My family is going to Lyon next month. Hope it isn’t muzzies.
How un-civil.
I bet it was those darn Fins again!
They were storing the explosives for destructions of land mines! how many land mines do they have in France?
Perhaps they should rename it: the Insecurity Center.
France has explosives?
Don’t worry the explosives will show up pretty soon.
The Germans might have the best idea how many.
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