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France's Eiffel Tower shut amid security alert
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Posted on 09/20/2015 10:55:23 AM PDT by traumer

France's famous Eiffel Tower, one of the world's most visited attractions, was closed after a man carrying a rucksack was seen climbing the tower.

The alarm was quickly raised early on Sunday and the area was evacuated while anti-terror police carried out a search of the iconic landmark. Police said that so far they have been unable to find the man. France is on the highest state of alert following a spate of terror attacks this year.

The Eiffel Tower, which receives as many as 30,000 daily visitors, has been the target of plots by Islamist extremists in the past.

But police said there may be another explanation for Sunday's security breach - the man may have been a parachutist hoping to perform a jump.

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TOPICS: Germany; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alert; alexistsipras; eiffeltower; europeanunion; france; germany; greece; iran; israel; lebanon; nato; paris; rucksack; security; securityalert; syriza; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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To: Lucy Hamilton

No, I missed that one....but it doesn’t surprise me. How these *reporters* go on...with a straight face, is beyond me.


21 posted on 09/20/2015 4:08:55 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Jane Long

They’ve sold their souls Jane, as such they join the false prophets that we were warned about.

As least we’re onto them, it has to become our job to somehow wake the sheeple up before it becomes too late for everyone.


22 posted on 09/20/2015 4:11:32 PM PDT by Lucy Hamilton (Lucy from Occupied Europa)
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