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Anybody have an update on that fire at the base of the Eiffel Tower?
Tolerance Sucks Rocks | July 15, 2016 | My bad self

Posted on 07/14/2016 9:04:03 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I haven't seen anything on FR about this since earlier in the evening. Everything's been about the Nice attack.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: eiffeltower; fireworks; france; paris; parisattacks; terror

1 posted on 07/14/2016 9:04:04 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It was nothing more than smoke from fireworks, no more no less.


2 posted on 07/14/2016 9:05:12 PM PDT by MagUSNRET
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

French police said a fireworks “accident.” Yet an ISIS Twitter account was showing a photo of it just 15 minutes later, next to the Nice footage.


3 posted on 07/14/2016 9:06:30 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Fire near Eiffel Tower put out, not linked to Nice attack
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/fire-eiffel-tower-put-not-linked-nice-attack-article-1.2712143


4 posted on 07/14/2016 9:07:57 PM PDT by donna (No one should be allowed to become a citizen or even a resident if they support Sharia Law.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The official story is that it was just a fireworks truck that exploded due to “technical” reasons.

And that may well be so.

But, 1) I don’t believe the French (or our) government would say otherwise, if it WAS a terror incident; and

2) I didn’t see any fireworks, per se, from the exploding truck (no wayward skyrockets, no bursts of color in the air, etc.).

So, it PROBABLY was just a fireworks explosion (such things do happen). But I am not discarding my tin foil hat just because Paris says so.


5 posted on 07/14/2016 9:08:12 PM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Appears that it was unrelated. Truck with fireworks went boom.

We shall see.


6 posted on 07/14/2016 9:12:22 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Gear Up)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Just like two cars that spontaneously exploded in Brussels yesterday. Must be the center fuel tanks.


7 posted on 07/14/2016 9:30:38 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Appears that it was unrelated. Truck with fireworks went boom.

We shall see.


Not necessarily. Flight 800, 20 years on, truth still hidden.


8 posted on 07/14/2016 9:31:12 PM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Like Detectives say, “Never believe a coincidence”.


9 posted on 07/14/2016 9:37:49 PM PDT by heights
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10 posted on 07/14/2016 9:45:17 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The tower is made of iron. It takes a lot of heat before it starts to burn. ; )


11 posted on 07/14/2016 10:12:24 PM PDT by lurk (T)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

mirror had it covered. truck on the d’lena bridge caught fire and was put out. not much else.


12 posted on 07/14/2016 10:14:20 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: CondorFlight; Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A “technical incident” that just happened to occur on Bastille Day, at the world’s most recognizable landmark, three weeks after an explicit ISIS video showing the tower falling, and coincident with a simultaneous Muslim terror spectacular also in France, and by an enemy known for simultaneous attacks.


13 posted on 07/14/2016 10:15:33 PM PDT by Mr. M.J.B.
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To: justa-hairyape
Must be the center fuel tanks.

You owe me a new keyboard.

14 posted on 07/14/2016 10:30:45 PM PDT by adaven
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To: adaven

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15 posted on 07/14/2016 11:23:13 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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