... as viewed by groups such as AQAP and the ISIS. The influence of AQAP and ISIS in terms of inspiring the actual attacks must be noted here, where those viewed as representative of Western values are perceived as a threat. In this context, the US, UK, France and Spain are some of the most prominent states mentioned in propaganda material to be targeted.
Rumor has it that Charlie Hebdo attack was somehow supported by the US because prior to this tragedy French President expressed his willingness to mediate in the talks between the EU and Russia on lifting the sanctions imposed on Russia?
There were numerous triggers that ...
... of terrorism was the biggest in AQAP’s history outside Yemen and was nothing other than revenge for the honour of the prophet Muhammad. At the same time, according to statements by the leader of the group the attack was carefully planned, with France being chosen because of its “obvious role in the war against Islam”
[2]
.
Al-Ansi’s statement was no coincidence and fully justified. In fact in 2011 Saïd, one of the two Kouachi brothers who carried out the attack on
Charlie Hebdo
, arrived in Yemen to undergo training with AQAP
[3]
. It’s noteworthy that Arab Spring events began in Yemen at the beginning of 2011, which led to an escalation of the conflict between the ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the ...
... and liberties to openly recruit youths in mosques, Sunday schools and other institutions. At that, everybody thought that traditional liberal democratic values and tolerance were sufficient barriers to ward off religious fundamentalism.
However, the
Charlie Hebdo
attack of January 7, 2015 was executed by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, the children of Algerian migrants who were born and grew up in France. Their accessory Amedy Coulibaly, the hostage-taker in a Paris kosher grocery store on January 9, was a son of Malian émigrés and also a French citizen, only making people wonder why the values-filled inoculation failed to work.
The ...
... investigation and secret service spying)
has both supporters and opponents in France, the latter fearing that it would infringe upon the personal freedoms of citizens. These fears were further fuelled by the Snowden affair. Even so, on November 13, 2014 France passed a law strengthening counter-terrorist measures, and the task now is to make full and resolute use of the powers granted under law while staying within the legal boundaries. The attack on
Charlie Hebdo
should promote not only social mobilization, but also the mobilization of the state’s resources.
It has to be noted that French law enforcement agencies are quite good at detecting dangerous radicals early: the Kouachi brothers, Coulibaly ...
