On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Christian Huitema wrote:
Uh - how is Paris going to be physically dangerous. Are there terrorists planning on blowing up a tower, I really don't think a few warm days count as physically dangerous to most of the crowd I see at IETF meetings...
Not to sound alarmist or anything, but there is actually quite a history of terrorist attacks against Paris:
There was actually an IRA bombing of a trainstation the friday prior to the London IETF if you're into history...
Property crime in france is on par with the US but the per capita homocide rate is about 1/8 of the US rate. Personally I feel safer in Paris.
- July 25, 1995: Bomb at Paris Metro Station Saint Michel kills 35. - Dec. 26, 1994: The hijackers of an Air France airliner in Marseilles, France, were suspected of intending smashing it against the Eiffel Tower. - September 17, 1986: Bomb explodes in a paper basket in front of the Tati clothes store, rue de Rennes, Paris, kills 7 and injures 51.
Various conspiracies have been stopped by the French police in recent years, including a plot to bomb the American Embassy in September 2001.
The main consequence for IETF attendees: do not leave your baggage unattended at a Paris airport, in a train station, or generally in a public place. The standard procedure is to blow it preventively...
-- Christian Huitema
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