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In December 1994, the GIA hijacked Air France flight 8969 en route from Algiers to Paris.
The plane was eventually stormed at Marseille and control regained but its was reported its intended target was the Eiffel Tower or it was going to be blown up over Paris.
What would have been the reaction to the Eiffel Tower being turned into a mass of scrap metal?