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ER Editor: UPDATE — The French far-left has been officially blamed for this. See –
TRANSLATION: Gérald Darmanin confirms the far left’s lead concerning the sabotage of the SNCF network. During the night from Sunday to Monday, fiber optic networks were sabotaged in 6 departments. A new move from the far left? #Paris2024
Gérald Darmanin confirme la piste de l’extrême gauche concernant le sabotage du réseau de la SNCF. Dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi, des réseaux de fibres optiques ont été sabotés dans 6 départements. Un nouveau coup de l’extrême gauche ? #Paris2024 https://t.co/g54NGOCmqI
— L’Observatoire des violences politiques (@Observatoire_VP) July 29, 2024
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The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics took place on the Seine River last night. In the morning, however, arson around some rail lines was being reported in different geographic regions. It seems fires had been strategically set in all travel directions, but that the south-east route was somewhat spared. Browsers will translate this RT France report. It appears that around a million travelers would be affected from early Friday through Sunday.
France: 800,000 travelers affected by a «sabotage» of the TGV network
Politico.eu picked up the story —
‘Coordinated arson attack’ brings French trains to a halt hours before Olympics opening ceremony
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“Coordinated Sabotage” Paralyzes France’s Rail Network As Olympics Begin
A “coordinated sabotage” has paralyzed France’s high-speed train network, impacting a quarter million travelers. The number is set to rise to 800k by the end of the weekend, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
#SNCF trains in France at a standstill after ‘massive’ arson attack: Chaos for 800,000 travellers. The attack happened just before the #ParisOlympics2024 opening ceremony and a very busy weekend of summer travel.
#Paris2024 #OlympicGames https://t.co/Pq2kw9vAyb pic.twitter.com/TQn4zvKptg
— World Times (@WorldTimesWT) July 26, 2024
In a post on X, French state railway company SNCF described the overnight fire and cutting of critical signal cables near the tracks in Courtalain, northern France, impacting services to Paris, as a “massive attack aimed at paralyzing the high-speed line network.”
SNCF said a “large number of trains were diverted or canceled” and requested that “all travelers who can postpone their trip and not go to the station.”
The French prime minister has pledged to “find and punish” those responsible for the attack on critical infrastructure.
“Our intelligence services and law enforcement agencies are mobilized to find and punish the perpetrators of these criminal acts,” acting prime minister Gabriel Attal said.
It remains unclear who is behind the sabotage, but some Western media outlets have quickly suggested ‘Russia – Russia – Russia.’
“The sabotage marks a stunning breach of the sweeping security dragnet that France erected to shield the Games from myriad threats, ranging from Islamist terrorist groups to state-sponsored sabotage planned by adversaries such as Russia or Iran,” The Wall Street Journal said.
Jean de Gliniasty, the former French ambassador to Moscow, told French media outlet La Chaîne Info, “We are obviously in a situation of conflict with Russia, and Russia is obviously not going to do anything, and that’s an understatement, to help these Olympic Games be a success.”
However, an intelligence source told CNN that French intelligence services are also investigating ‘the far left.’
A map of today’s sabotage of train lines in #France pic.twitter.com/13mP7pyvs5
— Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992) July 26, 2024
Gliniasty also addressed the far left threat: “There’s a tradition in France of black blocs, every time there’s a demonstration they destroy, they break things. In fact, France has been facing these problems for several years now, and we haven’t managed to solve them. And so now, of course, it’s getting out of hand.” ER: And these black blocs are suspected of being put out by the government. Organized activists who like to destroy things have also been behind co-ordinated attacks on farms and farmers over the years, trying to put them out of business.
Let’s not forget that France and the rest of Europe have seen a significant influx of migrants from third-world countries over the years. There is a risk that some of these migrants could be members of known terrorist groups with intentions to destroy the West.
The sabotage incident, with the saboteurs unknown at this point, should be a wake-up call to the US ahead of the elections.
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Featured image source, railworkers and police: https://www.timesofisrael.com/coordinated-sabotage-paralyzes-french-railways-hours-before-olympic-opening-ceremony/
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No, the Soros’ Black Blocks don’t attack technology, but people, businesses and historic buildings. The usual perpetrators have already identified themselves :
Sabotage à la SNCF : Israël s’empresse d’accuser l’Iran
https://www.lesechos.fr/monde/afrique-moyen-orient/sabotage-a-la-sncf-israel-sempresse-daccuser-liran-2110702
“Israel Katz, le ministre israélien des Affaires étrangères a pointé un doigt accusateur en direction de l’Iran et ses alliés pour le sabotage vendredi contre des lignes de la SNCF le jour de la cérémonie d’ouverture des Jeux Olympiques.
Par Pascal Brunel
Publié le 26 juil. 2024 à 18:38
Pour Israel Katz, il ne fait aucun doute que le sabotage contre la SNCF a été « mené sous l’influence de l’axe du mal iranien et de l’Islam radical ». Dans un communiqué, le ministre israélien des Affaires étrangères affirme avoir prévenu cette semaine son collègue français Stéphane Séjourné qu’Israël « a obtenu des informations selon lesquelles l’Iran planifiait des attaques terroristes contre des membres de la délégation olympique israélienne et tous les participants aux JO ».
Le chef de la diplomatie n’a toutefois pas donné de détails sur la nature des renseignements obtenus sur une éventuelle implication de l’Iran dans ces projets. Il avait déjà, jeudi, évoqué des menaces d’attentats en France que fomenteraient des organisations alliées de l’Iran. Mais les autorités françaises ne confirment pas les déclarations israéliennes, l’enquête poursuit son cours.”