French shooting suspect was self-styled al Qaeda jihadist
Mohammed Merah, a 23-year-old man described by French authorities as a self-styled al Qaeda jihadist, has been named as the chief suspect in a series of shootings that have left seven people dead.
A picture is emerging of a man who was already known to the police and had apparently sought out Islamist jihadists in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"He claims to be a jihadist and says he belongs to al Qaeda," Interior Minister Claude Gueant told reporters in Toulouse. "He wanted to avenge the Palestinian children and take revenge on the French army because of its foreign interventions."
A French national of Algerian origin, he had been under surveillance by French intelligence for a couple of years, having "already committed certain infractions, some with violence," Gueant told CNN affiliate BFM-TV.
Merah has spent considerable time in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Gueant said. Merah was sent back from Afghanistan to France by the U.S. Army, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said in Toulouse Wednesday. He said Afghan police had checked Merah's identification during a traffic stop, and as a result he was handed over to the U.S. Army, which then put him on board the first plane heading to France.
But a senior U.S. military official gave a different version from the French prosecutor about what happened to the suspect in Afghanistan.
The senior U.S. military official told the CNN contributor Fran Townsend that the French shooting suspect was stopped by Afghan forces who tried to turn him over to the U.S. military. The U.S. directed them to hand Merah to French forces since he was a citizen of their country. He was given over the French military by the Afghans and the French military decided to return him to France, according to the source.
@natlsecuritycnn on Twitter
There's certainly a great deal to learn about this topic. I really like all of the points you made.
http://www.nataliecole.com/redirect.php?link_id=1&link_url=https://www.ocrvcenter.org
https://publishing.brookes.ac.uk/?URL=www.ocrv.mobi
http://www.qeqqata.gl/API/Forwarding/ForwardTo/?url=https://www.ocrvmotorsports.life
https://164.mediaimage.jp/aes-indiv-redirect.aspx?url=https://ocrvmotorsports.net
Way cool! Some very valid points! I appreciate you writing this post plus the rest of the website is really good.
https://katalog.auto.cz/modules/nd/ajax.mod.php?op_type=cat-compare-d12&action=add&id=7558&back=https://sprintervanrepair.com
After looking into a number of the articles on your blog, I seriously appreciate your technique of blogging. I added it to my bookmark website list and will be checking back soon. Take a look at my website too and let me know how you feel.
https://www.greenrooftechnology.com/Redirect.aspx?destination=http://ocrv.online/
http://siamusic.com/__media__/js/netsoltrademark.php?d=ocrvmotorcoachsales.com/
http://www.music-style.info/music-style/rank.cgi?mode=link&id=11805&url=https://ocrvcenter.mobi/
Hi, I do think this is a great website. I stumbledupon it 😉 I may revisit yet again since i have bookmarked it. Money and freedom is the greatest way to change, may you be rich and continue to guide others.
https://www.rechnungswesen-portal.de/bitrix/redirect.php?event1=KD37107&event2=https2F/www.universal-music.de288025-10025)+(m/w/d)&goto=https://www.campervanrepairshop.com
Hi there! I just want to give you a huge thumbs up for your great info you've got here on this post. I will be coming back to your web site for more soon.
http://www.ptc.gov.np/index.php/site/language/swaplang/1/?redirect=https://ocrv.today/
https://promo.pertinger.com/?URL=http://ocrv.today
May I simply just say what a relief to discover someone who really knows what they're discussing online. You definitely know how to bring an issue to light and make it important. More and more people should check this out and understand this side of your story. I was surprised you aren't more popular given that you definitely possess the gift.
http://www.genetics2016.org/Redirect.aspx?destination=https://www.rvmarketingexperts.com/
http://searchesinteractive.com/__media__/js/netsoltrademark.php?d=ocrv.biz/
http://sintesi.provincia.so.it/portale/LinkClick.aspx?link=https://www.fleetservicerepairshop.com