Fyra ihjälskjutna i brittisk bil vid fransk sjö (2012-09-05)

The cyclist shot dead in the Alps may have been the ‘main target’ of the massacre, French police say – not the British al-Hilli family.

Investigators made the extraordinary claim as Sylvain Mollier, who worked in the nuclear industry, was ‘temporarily buried’ in a secret ceremony yesterday.

Sylvain Mollier worked in the nuclear industry, specialising in zirconium metal-working for nuclear reactors
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Mr Mollier worked for Cezus, a subsidiary of the Areva Group, specialising in zirconium metalworking for nuclear fuel containers.
Cezus is owned by the Areva group which in 2007 was forced to deny a report in Der Spiegel that it had flouted UN sanctions by providing Iran with enriched uranium.

It’s possible Mossad has taken offence and put a hit out on him": French shooting dad's secret Islamic rants could hold key to massacre

Family friend who knew Mr al-Hilli for 20 years fears his internet chatroom attacks on Israel and Jews is reason for Alps murders
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It’s possible Mossad has taken offence and put a hit out on him": French shooting dad's secret Islamic rants could hold key to massacre

Family friend who knew Mr al-Hilli for 20 years fears his internet chatroom attacks on Israel and Jews is reason for Alps murders
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Both men regularly chatted on Skype and Gary recalls Saad recently replacing his profile picture from a photo of his eldest daughter to an image of a bearded Arabic leader.

In April he also posted a web link to an interview conducted by controversial Wikileaks founder Julian Assange with Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, the Lebanese terrorist organisation fighting against Israel.

Gary said: “Saad didn’t have a problem with Jews generally, just those in Israel.
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He used a rear upstairs room to house four computers and a laptop worth up to £20,000 which he used to write his beliefs in Arabic forums. Saad also had a number of other PCs in an outside shed which Gary helped to build.

The chatrooms Saad used were not only a magnet for hate-filled Islamic fundamentalists... but also for opposing forces trying to identify enemies.

Gary believes Mossad – whose secret agents have been responsible for many assassinations – could have been *tracking Saad’s outspoken views. British security services are already said to have put him under surveillance in the 1990s.

Baghdad-born Saad arrived in the UK in the 1970s when his parents fled Iraq and one of his uncles was killed by Saddam Hussein’s henchmen. But he owned land in the war-torn country and often returned.

“Saad was incredibly sad that his home city was bombed,” said Gary.

“And he did go back there to live for a short time but it disturbed him that there were *frequently gunshots and deaths. He told me that Iraq would become a third world country. He was pleased Saddam went but he believed an American puppet would take over. He said the devil you know is sometimes better than the devil you don’t know. He loved his homeland.”

In a Skype message to Gary in October 2009, Saad told how he was looking forward to visiting Iraq to try to secure a £800,000 property deal, adding fondly: “Iraq is still warm.”
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Gary, who also knows Zaid, said: “They are very different characters, Zaid was the serious older one, the accountant, whereas Saad was more the cheeky chappy one, less serious.

“I don’t know about any big feud. Saad was very upset when his father died in Spain a year ago.

“His family involved in this? Definitely not. His brother? No way.”-

The victims are believed to have been shot with a Luger P08, a distinctive weapon which was standard issue to the Swiss army and which fires distinctive 7.65mm calibre bullets.
The weapon has a capacity of eight rounds meaning that a lone gunman, who fired around 25 bullets during the massacre, would have used more than three magazines.