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| Israeli Embassy in Paris Destroyed by Fire |
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| M.F. |
| 05/23/02 at 06:00:50 |
PARIS (Reuters) - Flames tore through the Israeli embassy in Paris early on Thursday in a devastating blaze that police and the ambassador said was probably caused by an electrical short circuit. Only the walls were left standing after the blaze swept through the old building in central Paris within minutes of starting before 2 a.m. Eight of 150 firemen at the scene were hurt but no one else was injured. Ambassador Elie Barnavi told reporters he could not rule out terrorism -- which would make the blaze the worst of a recent series of anti-Semitic attacks in France -- but said an accident seemed the most likely cause. Displaying concern after the recent attacks and criticism from Jewish groups abroad, France's Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and his foreign and interior ministers rushed to the embassy. President Jacques Chirac telephoned Barnavi. [color=blue] "Initial indications from our investigation indicate it appears to be accidental in origin, perhaps a short circuit," said a Paris police spokeswoman. [/color] "It's most probably an accident," Barnavi, flanked by three bodyguards, told reporters who were kept at a distance from the six-story building in the capital's chic eighth district. "The most probable theory is that it was a short circuit," he said, noting that the embassy's ground floor was being renovated. [color=Blue] [i] (Weren't "accidents" once upon a time called "acts of God"?) [/i][/color] |
| 05/23/02 at 06:05:44 |
| M.F. |
| Re: Israeli Embassy in Paris Destroyed by Fire |
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| mujaahid |
| 05/23/02 at 06:05:08 |
| [slm] Whoever burnt it down, respect to them! If it was a little electrical fault, then respect to all little electrical faults! ;) |
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