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July 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“So there we are – know that you are up against a man who is not afraid
of death.”
Valls condemned the broadcast of the extracts in a statement issued shortly
after the programme aired, regretting that it had come at a time when court
proceedings relating to the killings were still ongoing.
It showed a lack of respect to relatives of the victims, he said a statement
released by the interior ministry.
The police unit responsible for internal investigations, the IGPN, would be
launching an investigation, the interior ministry told AFP.
The producer of “Sept a Huit”, the programme that broadcast the
extracts, defended decision to run the tapes.
“We acted responsibly,” said Emmanuel Chain, saying the tapes’
contents had a high news value.
“We learn how Merah trained with al-Qaeda, his determination,” Chain
said. “We learn a lot of things, it has been very much put in context.”
It was precisely because they had the feelings of relatives of the victims in
mind that they had decided not to run other parts of the tape, he added.
But a lawyer for relatives of Imad Ibn Ziaten, the first soldier killed by
Merah, said he had filed a complaint for violation of the secrecy of an
investigation and receipt of stolen goods.
“The family is outraged, because these murders are not a show and the
documents are part of judicial proceedings, said Mohan Mouhou, who
represents the victim’s parents.
Samia Maktouf, another lawyer representing relatives of those killed, said
they would go to court to get an order banning any further broadcast of the
tapes on any medium.
“The victims are outraged to learn the contents of these negotiations on
television,” she said.
“At this rate, the videos of the killings will end up on the Web and the
damage then will be irreversible,” she added.
Merah filmed his killings and in March the pan-Arab television channel
al-Jazeera received a copy on a USB memory key at its Paris bureau.
The channel decided not to run the footage and the main French television
networks also said they would not run the material if it became available.
A Frenchman of Algerian descent, Merah shocked France when he killed three
soldiers and four Jewish people between March 11 and 19.
The case highlighted shortcomings in France’s counter-terrorism operations,
with authorities criticised for not taking Merah as a serious threat, even
though they knew he’d gone to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Source: AFP
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