A self-proclaimed Al Qaeda operative in France named Mohammed Merah seems responsible for the recent targeted killings of elite soldiers and French Jews. In dramatic live coverage, we see he has been shooting at the cops coming to get into his flat. Given the intelligence investigators have already gotten from this man, I don't know that most of us will need a trial to judge him guilty of these awful crimes, even if technically he is merely a "suspect".
No doubt, there will be those who will call this a frame-up, no matter how much evidence is brought to bear. Some will focus on the neo-Nazis originally fingered for these crimes (and ultimately cleared by police). The more vile conspiracy theorists will suggest that the real culprits are the governing party, or the far right party, or cunning vampiric Jews hoping to cause chaos in the French republic and somehow generate sympathy for the supposed cause of wiping out Palestinians. The gutter is deep, my friends.
