Terror plot to blow up Eiffel Tower uncovered

Jenjie · 12-01-2008, 12:09 PM

A plot by Islamic terrorists to blow up the Eiffel Tower has been uncovered.

A scrambled short-wave radio conversation exposing the planned attack on the world's most visited monument was picked up by Portuguese air traffic controllers and passed on to French spy chiefs.

The 1,060ft high tower has more than six million visitors a year - an average of more than 16,000 a day.

A successful strike on the 7,500 ton iron tower, which was looked down on Paris since 1889, would be a French 9/11 and could cost thousands of lives.

The threat was uncovered in a "vague and muffled" radio conversation picked up by air traffic controllers in Lisbon on Thursday.

It comes after a spate of other threats made in recent days on the websites linked to Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terror network, calling for the "brothers of Islam to strike Paris".

A police source close to France's DST intelligance agency said last night: "It was a muffled conversation in Arabic that was passed on to us as a matter of course, but our analysts clearly identified the threat.

"The sheer number of visitors going up the tower every day means a bomb blowing up there could cause the most massive loss of life. We've been at our red security alert for several months."

The source added: "Security at the tower was already tight, but is now being stepped up."

Paris's socialist mayor, Bertrand Delanoe, has been given extra security protection after an Islamist website used by Al Qaeda members listed him as a target.

Mr Delanoe - one of France's few openly gay politicians - was stabbed in an anti-gay attack in 2002.

In January 2005, French intelligence officers arrested three French-born Algerians suspected of plotting to blow up the Eiffel Tower.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1811

Black Rose · 12-01-2008, 03:44 PM

I don't believe them, I think the french security are making the plot up, to cause a state of panic and unrest.

*gets ready to get attacked for my beliefs*

Jenjie · 12-01-2008, 07:34 PM

I did consider that fact that the Daily Mail might be getting over-excited, simply because no other sites had any mention

Space Cadet · 12-01-2008, 08:33 PM

Did you ever hear about the guy who sold the Eiffel tower for scrap metal... twice?

Black Rose · 12-01-2008, 08:41 PM

Yep

And did you hear about the guy who sold London Bridge to some American who thought it was going to be Tower Bridge

TracieMorgan · 12-01-2008, 08:42 PM

^lol, yup.

IT's hard to say if this was concocted or not, but I'm guessing it was since there's been no press about it here either. It's unfortunate because the more publicity we give the terrorists, the more it spurs them on to commit real acts of terror. Our morbid fascination with 9/11-type events could end up being a self-fulfilling prophecy.

12-01-2008, 12:09 PM	#1
Jenjie PA to SammyBeeBurns Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 5,805 My Mood: Location: at Coldplaying.com Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 35 Thanked 90 Times in 41 Posts	Terror plot to blow up Eiffel Tower uncovered A plot by Islamic terrorists to blow up the Eiffel Tower has been uncovered. A scrambled short-wave radio conversation exposing the planned attack on the world's most visited monument was picked up by Portuguese air traffic controllers and passed on to French spy chiefs. The 1,060ft high tower has more than six million visitors a year - an average of more than 16,000 a day. A successful strike on the 7,500 ton iron tower, which was looked down on Paris since 1889, would be a French 9/11 and could cost thousands of lives. The threat was uncovered in a "vague and muffled" radio conversation picked up by air traffic controllers in Lisbon on Thursday. It comes after a spate of other threats made in recent days on the websites linked to Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terror network, calling for the "brothers of Islam to strike Paris". A police source close to France's DST intelligance agency said last night: "It was a muffled conversation in Arabic that was passed on to us as a matter of course, but our analysts clearly identified the threat. "The sheer number of visitors going up the tower every day means a bomb blowing up there could cause the most massive loss of life. We've been at our red security alert for several months." The source added: "Security at the tower was already tight, but is now being stepped up." Paris's socialist mayor, Bertrand Delanoe, has been given extra security protection after an Islamist website used by Al Qaeda members listed him as a target. Mr Delanoe - one of France's few openly gay politicians - was stabbed in an anti-gay attack in 2002. In January 2005, French intelligence officers arrested three French-born Algerians suspected of plotting to blow up the Eiffel Tower. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1811 __________________ "The fat lady has sung and the world's Vida has been well and truly Viva-ed." - R#42 14th March 2010 I've got my "I Heart Coldplaying.com, It's My Life" knickers in a twist!!! 2012: 9&10 June - Manchester Etihad; 2011: 4 Dec - MEN Arena 2010: 25 Nov - Boat Trip 2009: 30 Jan - Absolute Radio; 18 Feb - War Child; 19 Sep - Wembley 2008: 11&12 Dec - MEN Arena 2005: 4&5 July - Reebok Stadium; 19 Dec - MEN Arena 2003: 14 Apr - MEN Arena 2002: 20 June - Mountford Hall; 11 Oct - MEN Arena

12-01-2008, 03:44 PM	#2
Black Rose Bear with me Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 47,542 My Mood: Location: A strangeland under the iron sea where hopes & fears can make the night train be in perfect symmetry Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 6 Thanked 107 Times in 85 Posts	I don't believe them, I think the french security are making the plot up, to cause a state of panic and unrest. gets ready to get attacked for my beliefs __________________ You could take a picture of something you see In the future where will I be? You could climb a ladder up to the sun Or write a song nobody had sung Or do something that's never been done

12-01-2008, 07:34 PM	#3
Jenjie PA to SammyBeeBurns Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 5,805 My Mood: Location: at Coldplaying.com Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 35 Thanked 90 Times in 41 Posts	I did consider that fact that the Daily Mail might be getting over-excited, simply because no other sites had any mention __________________ "The fat lady has sung and the world's Vida has been well and truly Viva-ed." - R#42 14th March 2010 I've got my "I Heart Coldplaying.com, It's My Life" knickers in a twist!!! 2012: 9&10 June - Manchester Etihad; 2011: 4 Dec - MEN Arena 2010: 25 Nov - Boat Trip 2009: 30 Jan - Absolute Radio; 18 Feb - War Child; 19 Sep - Wembley 2008: 11&12 Dec - MEN Arena 2005: 4&5 July - Reebok Stadium; 19 Dec - MEN Arena 2003: 14 Apr - MEN Arena 2002: 20 June - Mountford Hall; 11 Oct - MEN Arena

12-01-2008, 08:33 PM	#4
Space Cadet You have been warned. Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,738 My Mood: Location: Nova Scotia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Did you ever hear about the guy who sold the Eiffel tower for scrap metal... twice? __________________ Spoiler http://img-fan.theonering.net/middle...trolls_als.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9WmxwgW2J0 "Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, And munched and mumbled a bare old bone; For many a year he had gnawed it near, For meat was hard to come by. Done by! Gum by! In a cave in the hills he dwelt alone, And meat was hard to come by. Up came Tom with his big boots on. Said he to Troll: 'Pray, what is yon? For it looks like the shin o' my nuncle Tim, As should be a-lyin' in graveyard. Caveyard! Paveyard! This many a year has Tim been gone, And I thought he were lyin' in graveyard.' 'My lad,' said Troll, 'this bone I stole. But what be bones that lie in a hole? Thy nuncle was dead as a lump o' lead, Afore I found his shinbone. Tinbone! Thinbone! He can spare a share for a poor old troll, For he don't need his shinbone.' Said Tom: 'I don't see why the likes o' thee Without axin' leave should go makin' free With the shank or the shin o' my father's kin; So hand the old bone over! Rover! Trover! Though dead he be, it belongs to he; So hand the old bone over!' 'For a couple o' pins,' says Troll, and grins, 'I'll eat thee too, and gnaw thy shins. A bit o' fresh meat will go down sweet! I'll try my teeth on thee now. Hee now! See now! I'm tired o' gnawing old bones and skins; I've a mind to dine on thee now.' But just as he thought his dinner was caught, He found his hands had hold of naught. Before he could mind, Tom slipped behind And gave him the boot to larn him. Warn him! Darn him! A bump o' the boot on the seat, Tom thought, Would be the way to larn him. But harder than stone is the flesh and bone Of a troll that sits in the hills alone. As well set your boot to the mountain's root, For the seat of a troll don't feel it. Peel it! Heal it! Old Troll laughed, when he heard Tom groan, And he knew his toes could feel it. Tom's leg is game, since home he came, And his bootless foot is lasting lame; But Troll don't care, and he's still there With the bone he boned from its owner. Doner! Boner! Troll's old seat is still the same, And the bone he boned from its owner!" Albums of the Year 2011 - Vote Here!

12-01-2008, 08:41 PM	#5
Black Rose Bear with me Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 47,542 My Mood: Location: A strangeland under the iron sea where hopes & fears can make the night train be in perfect symmetry Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 6 Thanked 107 Times in 85 Posts	Yep And did you hear about the guy who sold London Bridge to some American who thought it was going to be Tower Bridge __________________ You could take a picture of something you see In the future where will I be? You could climb a ladder up to the sun Or write a song nobody had sung Or do something that's never been done

12-01-2008, 08:42 PM	#6
TracieMorgan Biggest JONNY fan 2012 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31,723 Location: Playing the drums very badly, and the bass even worse. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 965 Thanked 808 Times in 531 Posts	^lol, yup. IT's hard to say if this was concocted or not, but I'm guessing it was since there's been no press about it here either. It's unfortunate because the more publicity we give the terrorists, the more it spurs them on to commit real acts of terror. Our morbid fascination with 9/11-type events could end up being a self-fulfilling prophecy. __________________ www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld www.facebook.com/traciemorgan www.facebook.com/traciemorganmusic http://twitter.com/TracieMorgan *"That was the day I was almost murdered by a sheep." - Jonny Buckland*