Assassination Attempt On French President During Israel Visit?

French president Nicolas Sarkozy went to Israel and told them they had to stop building illegal settlements on Palestinian land, that they will have to dismantle the 'security fence' and also demanded they get used to the idea of sharing Jerusalem with Palestinians.

So it should come as no surprise at all if we learn in the coming days that a failed assassination attempt farewelled Sarkozy as he left Israel.

Here's a report from Israeli media :

A Border Guard officer tasked with a perimeter security assignement during the farewell ceremony for French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Ben-Gurion Airport was killed after apparently shooting himself.

Police officials estimated that the officer committed suicide.

The armored cars of President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert were rushed to the ceremony site, and the two were taken away from the area.

After the gunshot was heard, security forces began searching for the shooter, who was found lying on the ground.

So he waited until he was about 100 metres away from the French president and then decided to shoot himself in the head?

Bullshit.

As if Mossad would allow an armed, suicidal soldier anywhere near a visiting head of state. Unless, of course, they wanted him there.

Interesting, then, that rumours are rife in Israel that prime minister Ehud Olmert is days away from resigning.

UPDATE : The dead Border Guard's family don't believe what ludicrously passes for the official story :

The dead Border Guard officer was identified as Raid Asaad Ghanan, 32, of the Druze village of Beit Jan. his family members refused to believe that he had committed suicide.

"We scornfully reject the claims that our son took his own life," a family member said. "He was a kindhearted and happy person. He had a family and there was no reason for him to do such a horrible thing."

The officer's father, Asaad Ghanan, said that his son had left the house on Tuesday morning in good spirits.

"He had a family, he had friends, he had plans for the future and had no reason to commit suicide," the father said.

Naif, Raid's brother, said that the police representatives who informed the family of their son's death, had told them that the circumstances of the incidents were unclear and would be probed by an investigating officer.

"It is unthinkable that my brother took his own life. We believe this was an accident, or even an incident in which my brother was accidentally shot by one of the security officials in the area."

As far as CNN, the New York Times and the BBC is concerned, it was a suicide. Don't expect to hear anything else about this incident from the mainstream media.