WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION BULLETIN - AT 6:13 P.M. ET:  French experts are swinging into action against a major threat to our civilization, our way of life, our deepest beliefs:

France's consumer affairs minister will meet a director of Apple France for talks on Friday after half a dozen cases in which iPhones are said to have spontaneously exploded or cracked up.

Herve Novelli will meet Apple France's commercial director Michel Coulomb to discuss the incidents, which are being investigated by France's competition, consumer affairs and fraud watchdog, the DGCCRF, the finance ministry said.

They will "examine what steps to take in response to the DGCCRF's questions about the implosion of these devices, and what measures the agency could take," said a statement from the ministry.

Novelli will also remind the US technology giant of its general safety obligations towards consumers.

COMMENT:  I for one will sleep better tonight knowing that Herve Novelli is out there protecting the West. 

Charles de Gaulle is smiling down.

August 27, 2009