Despite his claims to the contrary, French officials today say they have found no evidence that Mohamed Merah actually had al-Qaeda ties before his death yesterday in a gunfight with police.
During the standoff, Merah had claimed to have attended an al-Qaeda training camp in Waziristan, and also cited the group as “inspiration” for his attacks, though he didn’t appear to have claimed he was taking orders from them.
Merah’s multiple shootings have led to questions for President Nicolas Sarkozy about why his government wasn’t more closely surveilling him. So far, the only answer has been a threat to mass imprison those caught reading websites like the ones Merah read.
It has also led the European Union to talk more about “lone wolves”— potential attackers who are not affiliated with any terrorist group. EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove claimed some 400 “lone wolves” in the EU, and insisted that all are “obviously monitored.”
This guy was a French citizen of Algerian decent. By killing 3 French soldiers he was getting revenge for what France had done to Algerian people in the past. He’s been quoted as saying,” You killed my brothers, I kill you.”
no, he killed two soldiers who were from Morrocan descent, and one soldier who was from Africa, he said he killed them because of the french army involment in Afganisthan and they were traitors, and he killed the jewish children and the jewish teacher in that jewish school because he said of the suffering of the palestinian children. But right now nobody knows anything, he was shot by a snipper . The all thing is a complete mystery
Brown? Mooslem? Arab-sounding name? Well, he must have ties to Al CIAduh, of course.
Now, compare this to the massacre in Afghanistan by that mercenary, Bale.