By David Francis with Sabine Muscat
The Charlie Hebdo investigation focuses on the attackers’ possible connections to al Qaeda and the Islamic State. French authorities are looking into a video of Amedy Coulibaly, the 32-year-old man who killed four people at a kosher grocery store in Paris Friday, in which he pledges allegiance to the Islamic State. The Hebdo shooters said they acted on behalf of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Collusion between the two groups would represent a dangerous new front in the war against extremism.
FP’s Elias Groll: “Coulibaly’s professed allegiance toward the Islamic State raises questions about whether …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
