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French Murder Suspect Killed
Following a nearly 2 day long standoff, the suspected Jewish school shooter has died during a 30 hour shoot out with French police, after falling out of a window. Guardian has some more details:"The French interior minister, Claude Guéant, has confirmed that Merah is dead and paid tribute to the police who conducted the raid... "Last night, our last contact with the killer showed us just how dangerous he was. This morning the decision was taken to intervene," said Guéant.... Guéant adds that Merah burst out of the bathroom as video surveillance equipment approached. He began firing with extreme ferocity." And from Fox News: "The suspect in an radical Islam-linked killing spree in southern France was killed after police raided his apartment to end a 30-hour standoff, the AFP reported, citing police sources. Mohamed Merah, holed up in an apartment in the southern city of Toulouse, has not contacted negotiators since Wednesday night. Reuters reported that explosions and gunfire were heard for about four minutes as police special forces moved in on the apartment. Authorities used gas to try and paralyze the suspect, the report said."
More from Fox and AP:
Gueant said "it's rather strange that he never reacted" to the detonations overnight.
Gueant arrived at the scene Thursday morning, as did silver-helmeted firefighters with first aid materials, including what appeared to be two stretchers. No information was reported about whether there were new injuries or whether that was just a precautionary measure.
Police were using their advantages -- numbers, firepower and psychological pressure -- in hopes of wearing down Merah, who has had no water, electricity, gas or most likely sleep since the early hours of Wednesday.
Holed up alone in an otherwise evacuated apartment building, Merah clung to his few remaining assets, like a small arsenal and authorities' hopes of taking him alive. He appeared to toy with police negotiators -- first saying he would surrender in the afternoon, then under the cover of darkness, then reneging on those pledges altogether, officials said.
Authorities said Merah, a French citizen of Algerian descent, espoused a radical form of Islam and had been to Afghanistan and the Pakistani militant stronghold of Waziristan, where he claimed to have received training from Al Qaeda.
They said he told negotiators he killed a rabbi and three young children at a Jewish school on Monday and three French paratroopers last week to avenge the deaths of Palestinian children and to protest the French army's involvement in Afghanistan, as well as a government ban last year on face-covering Islamic veils.
French authorities -- like others across Europe -- have long been concerned about "lone-wolf" attacks by young, Internet-savvy militants who find radical beliefs online, since they are harder to find and track.
"Lone wolves are formidable adversaries," Gueant said.
He defended France's efforts to fight terrorism over the past decade, saying 700 people have been detained and about 60 "Islamists with terrorist tendencies" are currently in French prisons.
Merah's lawyer predicted a dramatic and somber end to the standoff.
"He wants to show he is exceptional, omnipotent, and this approach can only end up as something tragic," Christian Etelin said on news channel i-Tele on Thursday.
He said Merah had tried to join the military but was rejected. He said Merah was also disillusioned after a string of convictions for petty crimes and after efforts to reduce his sentences through work programs failed.
"He felt rejected by the periods of detention he was handed out, and for his wish to defend France in the army. Now, he is in a process of hate," Etelin said.
"He has no regrets, except not having more time to kill more people, and he boasts that he has brought France to its knees," prosecutor Francois Molins told a news conference Wednesday.
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I guess France should invade some country for that...
/and then surrender, of course.
though they did not surrender to Colonel Ghaddafi, lately...
This is a perfect example of what can happen with lack of sensible gun control legislation. People simply shouldn't be able to have access to dangerous weapons that can lead to disasters like this.
Anyone hooking a tiny, malfunctioning brain to a mouth such as yours, should be locked up for attempted assault on logic and decency.
1. Gun control: "Sight picture, breathing control, trigger press”
2. What a shame.. that smiling young man could have been the president of the Islamic Republic of France some day..
You should try moving to Mexico.
GMad,
MDB is a troll. I've found that his "sarcasm" is best understood when you look at the opposite of what he says.
This is a perfect example of what can happen when a country is brainwashed into believing false flags.
Troll.
Fuck you troll.
What if the guy just used a crossbow? Or a knife? Or his bare hands? Or made his own bomb?
You can't outlaw everything that can be used as a weapon. Tons of legal, harmless objects can be used as weapons by a person who wants to kill.
MDB, only reading of -34 so far. Come on man... yer slipping hard, mini-B
Um, but they have strict gun control already...
Carrying guns should be a civic responsibility, like voting.
This highly over hyped situation is pure theatre, and smells like Mossad to me, its the 'poor me' Zionist card again and another attempt to justify their crimanl behavious in Palestine.
This is also just the kind of thing they need to keep the ball rolling against Iran, I think he would have been Iranian, but I guess they figured nobdy could choke down that much BS.
Not fair! They were FORCED to win to cover up Sarkozy's campaign contributions from Ghaddafi. I say the streak is still alive (or at least deserves an *).
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html
"Since the September 2000 Second Intifada, Israeli forces killed 1179 children, including 865 in Gaza as part of a decades-long policy of collectively punishing millions of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, mostly civilian men, women, and childre
http://www.rense.com/general86/opcas.htm
oh well I'm sure the virgins he's now banging have made it all worthwhile
Umm, you mean demons, right?
I guess thats what you get for killing the 'Chosen Ones'. Shoot first, deal with media manipulation later.
First headline i read about this story was 'Netyanyahu addresses cabinet saying "Jews were killed this morning". WTF is the difference between a Jew and the Goyyim?
It's time we start condmning the Jewish/Zionist press of negative racism.
Perhaps if they stop treating Jews as special, other people will stop criticising them of being treated as special.
They cant stop treating Jews as special. That's the keystone of the contemporary jewish zeitgeist. Without that the entire criminal enterprise (ranging from the Likud, the World Zionist Organization, the World Jewish Congress, the ADL and SPLC, the NAACP and ACLU, Wallstreet and Hollywood, et al) would collapse in its own footprint - just like the twin towers.
agreed....every story is about the jews killed with nary a word about the french soldiers killed. why is a sect that is less than one percent of the worlds population always front and center day in and day out?
why do you care so strongly?
the "jews" got more coverage than the "soldiers" not because they were jewish but because they were aged three and six and killed in front of their parents point blank, which generates higher ratings.
Save your accusations for the media where it belongs.
oh i am sorry....what with fox news running "breaking news" stories all day yesterday with the lead in being "jews"...no not children....no not soldiers...but "jews". but hey what the hell i guess the fact fox is owned by a jew has nothing to do with the jew lead in, right??? who runs nbc????? who runs abc...oh that's right disney...does the jew still run disney? and you say blame it on the "media". lol lol
kill your TV set
I wish I would but I kind of like watch League of Super Evil. And Almost Naked Animals.
Those who downrated you ain't nuthin' but shit and neither are their mothers.
There's all sorts of times when Jews pretend to be victims and attempt to use this for media propaganda. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
This is the real deal. Try to show some respect.
when they start treating everyone and i mean everyone with respect i will come around...not until then. as for the real deal....yea sending american children to die for the troubles israel stirs up everyday! yea that is just getting very very old...to the point of exhaustion! maybe time to tell them to just sit down and shut the fuck up...just sayin
Another piece of shit heard from.
Negative racism? im not sure I understand that one - its just pure racism, and I dont think its at all a secret. The zionist leadership of the state of Israel has created a cult, which brings state, religion, culture and race together - and any criticism of any part of it is labelled anti semetic - they are the masters of wielding racisim as a political tool. The fact that they dont even have any homogenous ethnicity reveals the ludicrous nature of this lie.
Yes, I detest their arrogant culture, yes I abhor their criminal foriegn policies and I despise their race based religion - but to tell the truth, I probably couldn't pick out a jewish person in a crowd, so a charge of racism is laughable.
im sorry, the word i was looking for was 'reverse' racism. That is where instead of being negatively racist, you are racist in a positive way. It is far more subtle, and is acceptable as most people are not familiar with it and do not see it for what it is.
Yes i also see your point, but for all intents and purposes, you can call the Jews a race as to the average person on the street who does not critical think, the effect of the propaganda is the same.
The first sound bites yesterday were that the guy said he killed the jews to avenge the palestinian children killed by israel-that report was soon suppressed.
Shep looks like Tales from the Crypt, poor fella, FOX will do that to you.
Anyway, so that was unpleasant.
You know, I'd love to believe the official story. But these days, I don't trust Jack O'Shizzle when it comes to the 'official story'. Unfortunately the guy is dead now, so I guess we'll never know what led to this whole insane tragedy.
How f**ked up is it that we live in a world where we must question everything, including nightmares such as this?
Edit: Wait...this guy supposedly was protesting French military involvement in Opiumlanistan....but was also trying to join the French military? WTF?
It's very easy to imagine that this is a clever way for an intel agency to clean up a rogue asset, isn't it? Controlled media begs the question of how stories come to the attention of said media - they sure aren't reading ZeroHedge...
This guy is a known terrorist operative and they're just letting him wander around France without keeping tabs on him, and allowing him to purchase multiple firearms? That doesn't add up at all.
What about the timing? French presidential elections right around the corner? Heightening nationalistic feelings through fear? Sound familiar? Certainly this won't be used to justify further gun/security restrictions...
"Francois, quick, get out the back! Philippe, drag in the body, and set it up in the corner near the weapon!"
Very Innnnnnnteresting!
I wholeheartedly agree!
Here is some more in depth for ya:
http://www.infowars.com/french-terror-attack-all-the-hallmarks-of-an-int...
all the hallmarks of infowars, that is
Hey...for your info, I always look at infowars with a discriminating attitude. the problem is that this is the only deeper analysis of this "official" story.
Jews are so smart, they never travel to Afghanistan.
"Edit: Wait...this guy supposedly was protesting French military involvement in Opiumlanistan....but was also trying to join the French military? WTF?"
There's no way to understand such a crazy asso... remember Anders Behring Breiveik killing 77 swedish, after writing he was in a one man war against muslims???
You gotta believe those muslims are stronger, man.
"Lone wolves are formidable adversaries"
Yes, sure...
Funny how Chinese citizenism citizens are naturally leant to reverse certain kind of relation.
I shall be interested to see the 'analysis' which justifies one spree and condemns another.
http://www.rttnews.com/1845187/lawyer-no-evidence-against-us-soldier-acc...
I presume that 'Christian led' spree's are Godly and Islamic led ones aren't by default?
Don't assume for a minute these two are not linked.
Exactly. Both carried out by the same team.
Yes, like I suspected, no sleeping in his own shit like PFC Manning.
sounds like they did a good job of crushing this guy while he was alive
"They said he told negotiators he killed a rabbi and three young children at a Jewish school on Monday and three French paratroopers last week to avenge the deaths of Palestinian children and to protest the French army's involvement in Afghanistan, as well as a government ban last year on face-covering Islamic veils."
I'm glad he gave his full confession before he jumped from that window.
And who's purpose does this slaughter serve? Hint: not the Palestinian's.
there was celebration in gaza and many parts of islamic world when the news of the children's death at the school was announced in the news.
its not about serving interests, its about what they do. 2000+ years should be pretty obvious by now, even to you
I saw it on the television. They hate us because we are too free and awesome.
What a CLICHE of a confession....could not his handlers come up with something more nuanced so as to fool those who already know he was MK-ultra'ed?
Lone Muslim radical Wolf...6....the Frenchies 1.....looks like he won......and not to much said about that...
Looks like Sarkozys xenophobic strategy paid off. Lots of new distractions in France.
Halal Sarkozy!
Hardly in France only. Merah and Breivik are two sides of the same coin named "tolerance". US, Europe, Qatar and Saudis alongside with Qaeda and Muslim and whatnot brothers orchestrating a fucking radical Muslim Caliphate in the Middle East. But the joke's gonna be soon back on Europe with it's full support of "Arab spring". It already is, matter of fact.
He got off easy
And so did those slimy, rotting bags of human garbage who downrated you.
"Merah's lawyer predicted a dramatic and somber end to the standoff.
"He wants to show he is exceptional, omnipotent, and this approach can only end up as something tragic," Christian Etelin said [...]
He said Merah had tried to join the military but was rejected. He said Merah was also disillusioned after a string of convictions for petty crimes and after efforts to reduce his sentences through work programs failed.
"He felt rejected by the periods of detention he was handed out, and for his wish to defend France in the army. Now, he is in a process of hate," Etelin said."
If I'm ever on the run fron the authorities, I want this guy representing me. And I'll be sure to confide everything to him while I'm running.
At least France didn't surrender to him.
Yes they did, why else would there be 5 million Muslims like him in France(mostly on social welfare or off the grid spreading crime)
France didn't win sheeeet, they are now a colony of 3rd world migrants(much like the rest of Europe)
Talk about a Pyrrhic victory
"Yes they did, why else would there be 5 million Muslims like him in France(mostly on social welfare or off the grid spreading crime)"
I'll fix it for you (in a historical context)
"Yes zey did, vy else vould zere be 5 million Jews/Gypsies like him in Germany (mostly on social welfare or off the grid spreading crime)"
Clearly you need more than 1 attempt at the same mistake before you learn.
Writings, or should I say Mr. Dees, your response was laughable, get thee hence.
I shall correct/complete Azzanoth's incomplete statement thusly:
France didn't win sheeeet, they are now a colony of 3rd world migrants(much like the rest of Europe, Islamerica, and Pakistralia)
I wonder how many of those 5 mm Muslims are Afghani, Iraqi, Libyan, Palestinian or Syrian. Eh?
I am an Atheist and discriminate against All religions Equaly, I don't care specifically for the religion of those migrants only for social and economic decay they bring with them
This is why we must ALL be surveilled. Don't you get it?
/sarc
He and his brother were under surveillance for 2 years, but "considered harmless".
This will at the minimum lead the security apparatus to now reconsider large numbers under surveillance as "potentially dangerous".
(They may also have a classification "potentially useful" for propaganda purposes. Your cynicism may vary.)
Burn in hell, child murderer.
The government hates competition.
let me fix this:
Zionists hate competition.
You are both right
"Burn in hell, child murderer."
Same to Israel!
Fuck off and die, Nazi filkth.
Those who downrated you should do the same.
Yeah fvck them! I mean when "our" guy kills 16 people mostly innocent kids, it is not evil.
"Lone wolves are formidable adversaries," Gueant said.
Even in sports it's the 1 on 100 attack that you fear the most.
well DEFTY is the NIFTY in terms of dollar.....something interesting I found ...and todays fall and what may be tomorrow too will line up point 10 in this one ::::
http://markettechnicals-jonak.blogspot.com/
"He defended France's efforts to fight terrorism over the past decade, saying 700 people have been detained and about 60 "Islamists with terrorist tendencies" are currently in French prisons."
I wonder if he'll also defend the policy of importing 1000's of "Islamists" into France?
He didn't - the consumers of France did as they demanded "more for less" - which meant cheaper goods via cheaper (immigrant) wages.
It's funny how people have a serious disconnect between 'cause' and 'effect'.
I suppose you think all those Mexican fruit pickers are there for some sort of Obama immigrant work programme?
He repairs bikes man...I wouldn't expect to much on the critical analysis side of things...just sayin.....
Do you think immigrants have come in and shown him they can fix bikes cheaper and better than he can?
The envy of capitalism eh?
I want a free market, but don't you let them take my job!
Ah -ha from the skool of...
"The Government should stop interfering"
...but don't you DARE touch my corporate handouts....
OK...OK I get it
You're a Commie and you think you're clever. Roger. Got it.
Xenophobic juggalo.
So another racist Muslim bites the dust.
... go figure...
knuckle,
The definition of a racist is someone who thinks he knows the meaning of the word. Homo sapien has little differentiation in genetic terms. It's easy classify humans by skin color, culture or clothing but none of these is "race".
This very sane individual was infected by an idea (Islam), and a very dangerous one at that. The idea is much bigger than any single person and it's the collective idea you need to kill to remove the danger. The longer it takes the west to figure that out and take action, the more innocent blood will spill.
Meanwhile, there is probably a mosque being actively used, built or planned within 100 miles of everyone reading this.
"Police were using their advantages -- numbers, firepower and psychological pressure [and a fanatical devotion to Sarkozy]-- in hopes of wearing down Merah, who has had no water, electricity, gas or most likely sleep since the early hours of Wednesday. [and he hadn't had 'it' in weeks]"
Fuck France...they got it coming to them.....just another imperialist racist Anglo European cess pool...oh, and Zionist Entity keep doing what u do and c what that brings ur way there and abroad...
"All chickens eventually come hone to roost"...
Coming to an American city near u very soon...
1) France is not Anglo, by definiition.
2) France has not been an empire for 200 years.
1) Facts are no longer required to win an argument
2) The attempted us of facts is no heresey - and the penalty is burning at the stake
I had to double check last week that the American war of independence had actually finished.
One guy still seemed to be fighting it.
1) u say tomatoe and i say tomato...
2) impotence is not an acceptable defence for past and current transgressions.
3) fuck off....
1) Say what you llike - but Anglia isn't in France (where the term descends from)
By that argument - you don't mind me calling texans 'mexicans' and Alaskans 'canadian'?
I mean you're all the same to me...
France is in western Europe, it is a NATO member, it is a UN member, and it is an EU member, so it is damn sure part of the Anglo-American Empire.
Pedantry is no excuse for your hair-splitting bullshit and misdirection.
Come on over to America you little muslim goat-banger and we will gladly send you to your 72 virgins. Yeah, I'm sure we are in for a bit of trouble from you sand barbarians but once you pi$$ed off enough of us I suggest you pack your little mosques up and head back to mecca...if the Israelis haven't turned it to glass already.
bwahahahahaha
You sound pretty tough, Fred.
Call them sand niggers like you really want to....
You're a piece of shit.
Please Andy, call a suicide hotline immediately..
There is so much hate in you I fear you will direct it inward, and deprive ZH of a valuable poster.
"Holed up alone in an otherwise evacuated apartment building, Merah clung to his few remaining assets, like a small arsenal and [his other arsenal, nudge, nudge, wink, wink]"
Soup of the Day.... That's it. I don't know anything about this incident and I don't really care. I avoid the news with a passion. I think they're pushing the Florida shooting also. Sensationalism and BS. Your news, government, military, and monetary system are in the hands of the WRONG people. Until it is ripped away from them....things will continue to get worse.
You'll get more truth from an episode of Sponge Bob than the nightly news with Brian Williams.
Something for America to learn from France. In America, police shoots first and assesses the situation later. And, that is the process for common, largely innocent joe six pack kind of guys. French police took 2 days to negotiate and tried to get this guy alive. Kudos to them.
Hey - that's bad mouthing US police - this job has since been "contracted out"
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/20/448092/trayvon-martins-last-...
Rosie O'Donnells new show was canceled by Oprah.
However, "Authorities used gas to try and paralyze the suspect" so apparently she found work again she excels at. Good for her.
Three words,
Patsy
PsyOp
FlaseFlag.
How does a guy paralyzed and/or dead from aerosol'd fentanyl..."fall" out of a window?
(practice, practice, practice!)
OK.. France is now part of the "Contillion of the willing" for the march into Iran.
Mission Accomplished
Clever way to conceal that he was a CIA/MOSSAD/MI6 MK-ultra patsie!
"Dead men don't talk...."
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03/21/case-against-bank-china-for-faci...
Doesn't ZH block any links from FOX news?
Why is it success always attracts it's 'bad elements'.
I blame Ron Paul - he's smeared the boundaries between 'sanity and insanity' on the right.
Ah ... Smearing Ron Paul .. Do you do it for money or is this where your heart truly lies?
12.30pm: Sarkozy says there should be "no stigamatisation" of the Muslim community.
...you mean like banning the veil in public?
You did your stigmatisation up front your dirty French Peeeeeeeeeeiiig
Please.
This is a tale as oil as time.
$100 says this loser has no ties to any terrorist organization (except in his head).
He was a disenfranchised male, looking for his 15 minutes of fame by murdering innocent people.
Making this story fit some sort of terrorist narrative is merely a political ploy to assist Sarkozy's re-election campaign.
Now Sarkozy is going to make it a crime to visit "internet sites that glorify terrorism". More law and order crap, less immigrants. Yeah sarkozy!
"These TERRRRorsstttsss must be stopped"
...now watch this drive....
Same game - different players.
Instant campaign boost, public approval now : 99.78%
This guy was more than likely a lone psychopath who just went off suddenly.
Exactly.
But now we have to make him a "muslim terrorist" to fit a political campaign.
Fear always sells. Always.
FEAR!
I would like a little more MSM detailed close-up on his time spent in a US military prison (Bagram?) in Afghanistan, the confusion about his escape / release (?), and the report that was flown back to France on the USA taxpayer tab.
Sorry, that would take valuable time away from the attention diverting story du jour.
They hate us for our Freedom (Fries) and, no doubt, hate the frogs for their French Fries.
Just goes to show - there just aint no pleasin' some folk....
I'm not crazy about all the masked 'authorities'. Am I paranoid or is it possbile that there can be any kind of nefarious psyop/CIA/Mossad/etc. persons lurking behind these masks to make sure the globalist play is carried out. Oh, I like the part where the guy who has held dozens of tough guys at bay for two days 'falls out of a window'. Love it!!!
Good, he desserved to get killed or handed a hefty sentence after what he did.
But, I don't see how some odd ball shooter relates to ZH.
-FX
I don't see how some odd ball shooter relates to ZH
Its an opportunity to make a lot of racist anti jewish comments for the six readers below who dont read the financial stuff because they have no money. Sort of a parralell ZH site within ZH, maintained here. I think articles like this are a technique by ZH to get their Google search engine rankins up.
See how this one grabs ya:
How come these assasins are always called Patsy?
Hmmm.... some coincidence eh?
This will be the new normal in france. Thanks EU.
here are the photos the mainstream press would never show you...
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2012/03/video-funderal-o...
Listen to Alex Jones's show on Wednesday's podcast.
www.infowars.com
The paparazzi can get a crotch shot from 10 miles away. But for something like this, the best we can do is the back of an emergency vehicle after the fact which they had 3 days to react to.
This is going to be used to justify more central planning and security measures. (duh).
2 day...30 hours? What took them so long to kill this chickenshit coward child killer?
Um, they didn't kill him. Staff Sgt Bales was whisked out of Afganistan and safely jailed away from harm until he can presumably be tried. But who knows what will happen? Your reaction to his murdering 17 Afgan men women and children is rather strong its outright condemnation of the man. I find it surprising because most Americans seem eager to downplay or justify softly his murderous spree.
Fuck him for killing innocent people.
let us recall history...
Operation Gladio [BBC Timewatch, 1992] State-Sponsored Terrorism in Europe - YouTube http://goo.gl/rrSpW
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio