I don’t think you completely understand.
1) The guy has a couple of (sub)machine guns. Uzi, Kalashnikov, that type of stuff.
2) They want him ALIVE.
3) He doesn’t care whether he lives or not.
That slightly complicates the situation, don’t you think?
@brech: another thing the French are good at is handling captured terrorists with a very loose hand. Much, much looser than the FBI or even the CIA with its waterboarding ever could.
Trust me, those who critize the French right now are completely wrong. You obviously don’t have a clue of the facts.