By David Francis with Sabine Muscat
Yes-No-Maybe? AQAP claims it orchestrated the Charlie Hebdo attacks under orders by the network’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahri. That raises questions about just how much — if any — command and control core al Qaeda has over its franchises and how it manages to evade intelligence officials, who don’t know where Zawahri is holed up.
The New York Times’ Rukmini Callimachi, Mark Mazzetti, and Eric Schmitt: “[I]t is still unclear what specific guidance the Qaeda branch gave to the Kouachis about carrying out an attack, though it is believed that the satirical magazine was one of the …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
