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2012-03-22 Europe
Gunman dead as French siege ends
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Posted by Besoeker 2012-03-22 07:51|| || Front Page|| [336131 views ]  Top
 File under: al-Qaeda 

#1 Good riddance. The world is now a slightly better place.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2012-03-22 10:06||   2012-03-22 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 So perish all right wing extremists!
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-03-22 10:19||   2012-03-22 10:19|| Front Page Top

#3 he was armed with a mini-Uzi 9mm machine pistol

Doesn't handling that Jewish weapon contaminate him?
Posted by Glenmore 2012-03-22 10:35||   2012-03-22 10:35|| Front Page Top

#4 He committed suicide while running away from Infidels. He murdered children.

Nevertheless, he will be a hero in the Arab world. Do a poll in the Arab world, who is the bigger hero, Mohammad Merah or Mohamed Bouazizi. Lets see who would win. That face shot from the Drudge Report will be the new Che picture for Islamists.
Posted by Penguin 2012-03-22 10:42||   2012-03-22 10:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh, 'jumped' did he?

• Video surveillance equipment was sent into the flat and when it approached the bathroom Merah jumped out “all guns blazing” armed with a sub machine gun.
• After a fierce fire fight lasting around four minutes Merah jumped through the window of his apartment and over the balcony. As he did so he was shot in the head and died from his wounds.
France24
Posted by Willy 2012-03-22 11:08||   2012-03-22 11:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Islam certainly seems to attract those with violent tendencies, doesn't it. Gives them the excuse they need to express what they can't seem to control.
Posted by gorb 2012-03-22 11:30||   2012-03-22 11:30|| Front Page Top

#7 
Posted by Water Modem 2012-03-22 12:43||   2012-03-22 12:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Merah claimed to have received al-Qaeda training in Pakistan's Waziristan area, and also said he had been to Afghanistan. Common theme re Waziristan but still the Pak army do nothing.
Posted by Spats Slath4746 2012-03-22 18:47||   2012-03-22 18:47|| Front Page Top

#9 Sarkozy seemed to be placating muslims with his comments.
Posted by gorb 2012-03-22 20:15||   2012-03-22 20:15|| Front Page Top

#10 The self-confessed al-Qaeda militant was suspected....

Isn't about time "self-radicalization" is rejected as a narrative myth to soothe muzi sensibilities?
Posted by DepotGuy 2012-03-22 22:00||   2012-03-22 22:00|| Front Page Top

#11 HMMMM, HMMMMM, as of the EOD yestiddy Merah was only repor "arrested" by the French Gendarmes, now this AM he's repor dead by self-suicide???

* "Jumped from window, continuing to fire" - a fan of Bruce Willis + original "DIE HARD", is He???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-03-22 22:33||   2012-03-22 22:33|| Front Page Top

#12 I can hear that AK from time to time.
Posted by Kentucky Beef 2012-03-22 23:44||   2012-03-22 23:44|| Front Page Top

#13 I've always been under the impression that it would be pretty frickin hard for a Moroccan to buy an AK-47, an Uzi, and acquire GRENADES in France. This guy was no lone wolf. That stuff is really hard to get in France. This guy was clearly al-Qaida affiliated, and took his time to prepare these attacks. The weaponry would've cost thousands of Euros, I'd imagine. Where did he get the money to fly to Pakistan and buy all these weapons? Lone wolf my beef.
Posted by Kentucky Beef 2012-03-22 23:48||   2012-03-22 23:48|| Front Page Top

#14 The French + possible "sieges" of such Gunmen = Terrorists, may had only just begun ....

To wit,

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > FRENCH ATTACK COULD INSPIRE NEXT/NEW GENERATION OF TERRORISTS: EXPERT. Similar Terror by "Lone Wolves" as poten waged throughout Europe.

* SAME > TOULOUSE SHOOTING: 80 FRENCH NATIONALS
"TRAINING WID PAKISTAN TALIBAN [TTP]", mostly in NW Pakland = North Waziristan but some in South Waziristan also???

ARTIC = also denotes...
> PAK-BASED TTP MILITANTS = are CLOSELY WATCHING THE EVENTS IN FRANCE.
> FIVE TERRORISTS [fully trained?] LEFT PAK BACK IN JANUARY 2012 - Final Destinations, Plans cannot be confirmed or denied by the TTP.

* SAME > TOULOUSE GUNMAN SUSPECTED OF TRAINING IN PAKISTAN [ + Afghanistan].

* TOPIX > THE JIHAD IN EUROPE.

NO more or not much of a UK Royal Navy anymore = CHARLES MARTEL + BATTLE OF TOURS II IN FRANCE???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-03-23 00:06||   2012-03-23 00:06|| Front Page Top

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