Gaps in France’s Surveillance Are Clear; Solutions Aren’t
PARIS — Last June, Patrick Calvar, the head of France’s domestic intelligence service, faced a decision: continue surveillance on a French Islamist who had been viewed as a potential threat…
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Report: Cherif Kouachi texted Coulibaly an hour before Paris attacks began
Le Monde also reported that the January 7 Charlie Hebdo massacre nearly was canceled the day before, because one of the attackers was sick. The newspaper cited unnamed French investigative…
What will France do about AQAP link?
That exceptional situation was a terrorist rampage that was years in the works, an AQAP leader said in a video, claiming U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was the mastermind. Al-Awlaki was…
Cherif and Said Kouachi: Their path to terror
It was a decade ago, the war on terror was in full swing, Iraq was on fire, and every day there were images of American combat soldiers on patrols on…
The American who inspires terror from Paris to the U.S.
One of the Kouachi brothers, who mounted the attack last week on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, cited al-Awlaki as his operational commander. Before he died on Friday, one…
Charlie Hebdo attack: Helicopters hunt for suspects in woods of France
Authorities believe that Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, entered a wooded area on foot, the sources told CNN’s Chris Cuomo. Now investigators are using helicopters equipped with night…
Untangling a deadly web: The Paris attacks, the suspects, the links
That’s one challenge for authorities in the wake of this week’s bloodshed in France. Understanding what happened is one thing. Understanding why it happened requires not just knowing the players…
How the Kouachi brothers turned to terrorism
On Friday, the two brothers were killed in a shootout with police, achieving their goal of a supposedly heroic “martyrdom.” Before they died, one of the brothers spoke on the…
In wake of Paris massacre, who were suspects in two hostage standoffs?
At the same time, security forces stormed a market in Paris to end a hostage situation there. The two scenes were linked by the fact that three of the four…
Terror suspect Cherif Kouachi: ‘I was ready to go and die in battle’
In a 400-page court record, Cherif Kouachi was described as wanting to travel to Iraq through Syria “to go and combat the Americans.” On Friday, security forces surrounded and killed…
Hacking group Anonymous promises revenge for Charlie Hebdo attack
Cherif and Said Kouachi, the brothers wanted for the massacre at Charlie Hedbo’s offices in Paris, were killed Friday by French security forces in a town where they had been…