What Hebdo execution video really shows | Jonathan Cook's Blog
I am well aware that I’m stepping into a hornet’s nest by posting
this video, which is going viral. Those who wish to silence all debate
have an easy card to play here, accusing me of buying into a conspiracy
theory. There’s only one problem: unlike the video-maker, I have few
conclusions to draw about what the significance of this video is in
relation to the official story. That is not why I am posting it.
But
it does, at least to my mind and obviously a lot of other people’s,
judging by how quickly it’s spreading, suggest that Ahmed Merabet, the
policeman outside the Charlie Hebdo office, was not shot in the head, as
all the media have been stating.
That said, it does not prove
much more. It doesn’t prove that Merabet did not die at the scene. Maybe
he bled to death there on the pavement from his earlier wound. It
certainly doesn’t prove that the Kouachi brothers were not the gunmen or
that the one who fired missed on purpose. Maybe he just missed.
