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Merah is claimed to be French intelligence asset

Posted by seumasach on March 29, 2012

Today’s Zaman

28th March, 2012

Mohamed Merah, a gunman who claimed responsibility for the recent killing of seven people in Toulouse, is reported to be a French intelligence asset, which raised questions about French security officials’ failure to stop Merah.

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Was Merah the killer?

Posted by seumasach on March 27, 2012

Doubts Regarding the Conduct of French Intelligence and Police Questions emerge over police handling of Toulouse, France killings

Alex Lantier

Global Research

27th March, 2012

Details emerging about Mohamed Merah, the alleged gunman in a series of murders in the Toulouse area from March 11 to March 19, raise serious questions about the conduct of French intelligence and police agencies.

Merah allegedly killed one paratrooper in Toulouse on March 11, two paratroopers in nearby Montauban on March 15, and a father and several children at a Jewish school in Toulouse on March 19. He was killed in an armed standoff with police at his Toulouse apartment Thursday, shot in the head by a sniper as he fell from his balcony.

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French shooting suspect not jailed in Afghanistan

Posted by seumasach on March 24, 2012

Reuters

22nd March, 2012

French school shooting suspect Mohamed Merah was not jailed in Afghanistan in 2007, his lawyer and an Afghan provincial official said on Wednesday.

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