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Sunday, August 16, 2009
What the Washington Post did not tell you about Jaubert
"Their plans began to unravel on Sept. 1, 1994. On that day, the French police  anti-gang squad received information from a source that two men planned to  commit a robbery that afternoon. Police set up surveillance and followed the men  to the Gare de Lyon where they arrested Hervé Jaubert, who had retired in 1993  as a French army captain, and Stéphane Pommier, also an army veteran. The two men were carrying two bags containing wigs, gloves,  handcuffs, a roll of tape, a sawed-off shotgun, a 9mm pistol, shotgun shells,  brass knuckles, sunglasses, a truncheon or blackjack, smoke and tear gas  grenades. They also carried 19,000 francs in bills of 500 francs and two train  tickets to Béziers." (thanks Karim)