Mohamed Merah hade troligen kontakter med talibaner och al-Qaida i Waziristan 2011. Information som den franska säkerhetstjänsten missade.
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Toulouse killer Mohamed Merah was 'traced' to al-Qaeda stronghold
Western intelligence services "traced" Mohamed Merah, the Islamic extremist who shot dead seven people in France, to a Taliban and al Qaeda stronghold in 2011 but failed to inform France until after his murderous rampage, a new book alleges.
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"The Merah Case: the Investigation" by journalists Eric Pelletier and Jean-Marie Pontaut, due out on June 14, says "Western intelligence services" established a link between Merah and "an organisation close to al-Qaeda".
It claims the spy services had detected the activation of "two internet addresses" linked to Merah in September 2011 in Miranshah, the capital of Pakistan's Taliban and al-Qaeda stronghold of North Waziristan.
It adds that they established Merah was using a telephone number at the time known to be used to contact an extremist group.
The journalists wrote that France's DCRI domestic intelligence service "recognises" having received the information from "friendly" spy agencies, but only "several days after" Merah's killings in southern France.
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Merah's older brother Abdelkader is currently remanded in custody facing charges of complicity to murder.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ronghold.html#
Staden Miran Shah ( alternativ stavning Miram Shah eller Miranshah ) i Pakistan som Merah kopplas till, är lite av ett favoritresmål även bland svenska terrorister.
Mehdi Ghezali, Munir Awad och Safia Benaouda med 2-åring, greps 2009 när de var på väg till Miram Shah, enligt den tolk som de anlitat. Målet var att träffa al-Qaida-ledare, enligt tolken.
Mounir Dhahri, en av de 4 terroristerna som nyligen dömdes i Danmark till 12 års fängelse, ska också ha befunnit sig i Miran Shah på träningsläger 2008-2010.
Det var till Miran Shah som Sahbi Zalouti skickade pengar till Mounir Dhahri. Något som Sahbi Zalouti berättade under rättegången i Köpenhamn.
https://www.flashback.org/sp36869099