‘Coordinated arson attack’ brings French trains to a halt hours before Olympics opening ceremony
‘Coordinated arson attack’ brings French trains to a halt hours before Olympics opening ceremony
Fires on French railway tracks have delayed journeys for 800,000 travelers in what the transport minister described as “coordinated attacks of malicious intent.”
Fires on French railway tracks have delayed journeys for 800,000 travelers in what the transport minister described as “coordinated attacks of malicious intent.”
A co-ordinated arson attack on the French rail system is turning the first weekend of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris into a nightmare for hundreds of thousands of travelers.
French rail company SNCF announced on Friday its high-speed train system had been hit by "deliberate arson attacks to damage [its] facilities" causing delays and cancellations which are expected to last all weekend.
The disruptions are affecting trains heading East, North and West of Paris, and travelers have been asked to postpone their plans.
Maybe after this all the various Russian teams will finally be banned completely. Country is full of cheaters anyway.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_in_Russia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Neutral_Athletes_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics
Icarus is a great documentary about doping in general, but especially russia.
Absolutely must watch TV!
There's absolutely zero proof Russia is involved in this for now
Correct but they are also the ones that have already gotten caught trying to recruit people to do this exact thing.
If you have all the motive and a track record for doing shit exactly like this, of course you'll be the prime suspect.
Turns out Russia was responsible for amplifying the bed bug scare of Paris these past months, too.
In another story, Belgium making arrests for terrorism related to France: https://apnews.com/article/terrorism-belgium-suspects-olympics-966191331732ea4d1e663a65d96a9e49
I wonder if these are related.
I know this is terrible of me, but... I was originally not planning on watching the opening ceremonies. Now I'm going to scare-watch them.
The timing snuck up on me and I haven't figured out how to get viewing access to them (whether broadcast, subscription, or 🏴☠️). Any suggestions?
For the last Olympics, I connected my VPN to Canada because it was on the CBC for free. Hooray for public-funded media! And if I could send some money to the CBC's way and not have to do that, I would. Same with the UK TV license.
That said, none of my UK VPN addresses are working for UK TV anymore. I'm hoping the Canadian ones still work.
Edit: Seems to be working but it's not live streaming for another 1:45. Here's the link for the CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6443205
I use Private Internet Access as my VPN if that helps.
Showing colour is nothing to be accused of. It should imply the start of a discussion.
What do you expect on the opening ceremonies?
How does this help their cause?
To weaken France's image, to sow chaos, to get security forces focused on other things while they try to get specific targets.
There have been reports about both Russia and Iran being potentially involved.
So far I've seen an article about a Russian getting arrested 2 days ago.French newspapers don't mention any of those for now, the only mention is that the methodology is similar to previous far-left activism (source: https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/live/2024/07/26/en-direct-attaque-massive-contre-la-sncf-reprise-progressive-du-trafic-un-tiers-des-trains-circuleront-vendredi-apres-midi_6258634_3224.html), which could be a disguise of course. As to why the far-left would do that, there are radical-ecologists that argue it is an unacceptable waste simply for entertainment, considering the climate crisis, for example. It could also be both, local activists helped by foreign influence, willingly or not.
If you mean Russia, and if it was Russia, the cause is to sow chaos.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/05/gerasimov-doctrine-russia-foreign-policy-215538/
The LAPD didn't stop it from happening?
No suggestion who or why, could be so many groups in France or from outside.
Does highlight one of the big problems with trains, one problem with the rails and the whole train network is fucked
Same goes for roads as well. Weren't there major congestion when that ship hit the US bridge?
It's very different for roads, yeah there are of course bottle necks especially due to river crossings but rerouting is much easier.
Look I get people don't want to see trains as anything other than perfect but if we want trains to be popular and useful we need to live in reality rather than some delusional fantasy,
Russia. It's russia