France Threatened To Jam Any Station Broadcasting The Massacre Video

French President Sarkozy speaks to reporters about the shooting in Toulouse / Reuters

France Has Threatened To Jam The Frequency Of Any Station To Air Massacre Video -- The Australia/AFP

FRANCE has won a pledge from the Al-Jazeera news channel not to air a video shot by an Islamist extremist during a murderous shooting spree targeting soldiers and Jewish children.

President Nicolas Sarkozy demanded that the channel not broadcast the video sent to its Paris bureau, which includes graphic footage shot by Mohamed Merah during attacks this month in southern France that left seven people dead.

Mr Sarkozy warned that Paris would jam the signal of any broadcaster that tried to air the video.

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My Comment: The threat of jamming their signals is what probably convinced Al Jazzera (and others) to "toe the line".

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