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BREAKING: Five dead as high-speed train derails near French city
UK Express ^ | November 14 | Rob Virtue

Posted on 11/14/2015 8:06:49 AM PST by PghBaldy

AT LEAST five people have died and seven have been injured after a high-speed train derailed near the French City of Strasbourg, local media has reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; francetraincrash; parisjihadattack; strasbourg; train
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To: FourPeas
The train was a high-speed underground train on the new Paris to Strasbourg line.

It derailed near the German border at Eckwersheim.

21 posted on 11/14/2015 8:21:04 AM PST by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: FourPeas

Derailment at a bridge crossing.

Classic terrorist move.

I’m saying this was no coincidence.


22 posted on 11/14/2015 8:21:16 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

The west, despite all the political bluster, is low hanging fruit for terrorist warfare. Just as guerrilla warfare is difficult for massed armies to combat, terrorism by its very nature is always in the shadows and can pop out at any time. Eternal vigilance is the price we pay for freedom both at home and away.


23 posted on 11/14/2015 8:21:24 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: PghBaldy

24 posted on 11/14/2015 8:21:34 AM PST by maggief
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To: PghBaldy

Of course.

KNOWN should be the keyword.


25 posted on 11/14/2015 8:21:46 AM PST 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: maggief

Excellent.


26 posted on 11/14/2015 8:22:39 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Black Agnes

I didn’t think it looked like a derailment, either. Pieces of the cars seem to be separated more than I’d expect.


27 posted on 11/14/2015 8:22:47 AM PST by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: PghBaldy
VERY short article

Very short response: ISIS bombed the rail line.

28 posted on 11/14/2015 8:23:02 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe - Yeb Arbusto es un payaso.)
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To: PghBaldy

It “caught fire” and then left the tracks, according to the article.


29 posted on 11/14/2015 8:23:50 AM PST by Bluebird Singing
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To: FourPeas
The TGV trains ain't your normal choo choo.

The TGV holds the world speed record for conventional trains. On 3 April 2007 a modified TGV POS train reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) under test conditions on the LGV Est between Paris and Strasbourg.

30 posted on 11/14/2015 8:25:02 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: rktman

Probably the same FBI guy, that moments after the Boston bombing, he rationalized in his years of experience that it was the work of some right wing group.


31 posted on 11/14/2015 8:25:05 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: rktman
Then, I hear some fbi expert telling some cnn assclowns that it’s nearly impossible to obtain AK-47’s in France but you can buy them from just about anyone in Afghanistan.

This proves the old adage, "When guns are outlawed, then only outlaws will have guns.".........The Left's mantra 'We must have more Gun Control' is going down in flames, literally................

32 posted on 11/14/2015 8:25:33 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Black Agnes

Yes, that was my thought. It looks blown in half. And to bits, for that matter.


33 posted on 11/14/2015 8:25:47 AM PST by Marie Antoinette (:)
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To: PghBaldy

So how long before some gov’t/media dolt asks the same question, “ Is it homegrown saboteurs or from abroad”?


34 posted on 11/14/2015 8:25:57 AM PST by Kudsman (Restore the Republic, repeal the 17th.)
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To: Marie Antoinette

Could have been a bomb on that bridge that ‘derailed’ the train when it crossed.


35 posted on 11/14/2015 8:26:26 AM PST by Black Agnes
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To: PghBaldy

Kerry is promoting Regime change in Syria.


36 posted on 11/14/2015 8:27:40 AM PST by jennychase
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To: FourPeas

Looks like somebody blowed it up real good.


37 posted on 11/14/2015 8:29:14 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: FourPeas
The AFP news agency is quoting sources as saying the derailment happened due to "excessive speed".

source

38 posted on 11/14/2015 8:29:33 AM PST by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Yeah, it does.


39 posted on 11/14/2015 8:29:59 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: FourPeas

That is NOT a ‘derailment’... that train was blown off the tracks!


40 posted on 11/14/2015 8:30:03 AM PST by theoldmarine (Saved by grace through Faith)
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