There is none so blind as he who WILL NOT SEE.
Obviously not a robbery.
Anyone want to guess about the religous affliation of these murderers?
Who in the world goes to Mauritania (or Mali or Niger, for that matter)? Oh, yeah. The French. I mean, what is the attraction? It’s like crystal meth — I’ll never figure it out...
I feel bad for these people but you know, this situation is something of a Darwin Award: what kind of dolt vacations in an Islamic Republic?
The way this was handled in the past is the criminals simply disappeared.
UPDATE:
Note: Photo included.
PHOTO CAPTION - quote:
This photo taken on an unspecified date shows Sidi Ould Sidna (C, seated), 22, attending a religious meeting at the civil prison in Nouakchott. A Mauritanian court sentenced three Al-Qaeda members to death for the 2007 murder of four French tourists, who responded with threats against France and its president. Mohamed Ould Chabarnou, 29, Maarouf Ould Haiba, 28, and Sidi Ould Sidna, 22, had pleaded not guilty to the murders - which shocked the visitor-friendly nation - but presented themselves as “soldiers of Al-Qaeda”. The court is trying a total of 12 Mauritanian men in connection with the murders, two in their absence because they are on the run. - AFP Photo
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“Mauritania gives three death for French tourist murder”
Wednesday, 26 May, 2010
SNIPPET: “NOUAKCHOTT: A court in Mauritania sentenced three young men who claim to be members of an Al-Qaeda offshoot to death on Tuesday for the 2007 murder of four picnicking French tourists in this West African country.
The men - Sidi Ould Sidna, Maarouf Ould Haiba and Mohamed Ould Chabarneau - pleaded not guilty and have said their confessions were extracted under torture, but they also claimed to be waging a holy war.
Judge Khayi Ould Mohamed read out the sentence - for charges that included terrorism, premeditated murder and rebellion against the state - at the criminal court in the capital of Nouakchott. The men, who say they are members of Al-Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb, a North Africa offshoot of the terror network, can appeal.
“God is great! You’ll see, dog, we’ll go to paradise,” Haiba, 28, shouted at the judge as he read the verdict. Haiba is considered the leader of the cell.
“Between us and the France of (President Nicolas) Sarkozy is the sword,” shouted Sidna, 26.
Family members present at the sentencing reacted strongly. Mariam Ould Chabarneau, Mohamed’s sister, called the punishment “exaggerated and disproportionate.”
Five French tourists were picnicking on the side of a highway in eastern Mauritania on Christmas Eve in 2007, when three men carrying automatic weapons attacked and robbed them. The men then opened fire, killing four of the tourists.”
