Dynamite found in Paris department store

Dynamite found in Paris department store

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French police discovered five sticks of dynamite Tuesday in a Paris department store after AFP received a letter from an unknown group threatening attacks unless France pulls its troops out of Afghanistan. Police cordoned off Printemps Haussmann store and the capital's best known shopping boulevard while hordes of shoppers and tourists were evacuated at the height of the Christmas shopping season.

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Is this a sign of the times now?

A group calling itself the Afghan Revolutionary Front had earlier sent a letter to AFP warning of "several bombs" in the upscale store and demanding that France withdraw its 2,600 troops by the end of February.

Is there any known threats currently for the US?

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