CNN is reporting that one of the #CharlieHebdo terrorism suspects had trained with al-Qaeda in Yemen:
#BREAKING One of the suspects in Paris attack trained with al Qaeda in Yemen. – @barbarastarrcnn reports pic.twitter.com/krMyiznRzb
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) January 8, 2015
On a related note:
Why al-Qaida in Yemen may be gaining strength: http://t.co/NUn5Bhljl5 #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/RwC8SAEvkV
— Slate (@Slate) January 8, 2015
From Slate:
Following eyewitness testimony reported Wednesday that the gunmen in the Charlie Hebdo massacre claimed to be from “al-Qaida in Yemen,” a French police official tells the AP on Thursday that the suspects, French brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, are believed to be linked to a Yemeni terrorist network.
If it’s true that al-Qaida’s Yemeni offshoot, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, was involved in the attack, Wednesday was quite a day for the group. In Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, asuicide bomber killed at least 37 people when he rammed a bus rigged to explode into a gathering of recruits outside a police academy. No one has yet claimed responsibility for that attack, but it fits a pattern of recent al-Qaida assaults in the country.
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If AQAP was involved, even indirectly, in Wednesday’s attack, it would be the group’s biggest success outside the Middle East in quite a while. And coming at a time when international attention has shifted to al-Qaida’s hostile erstwhile allies ISIS—with that group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, directly challenging Zawahiri’s leadership of the international jihadist movement—it’s a sign that al-Qaida is still far from contained.
B-b-but … that’s not what President Obama told us!
Just months ago, White House touted Yemen as a success RT @Slate: Why al-Qaida in Yemen may be gaining strength: http://t.co/0cLPvu6mRY
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) January 8, 2015
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@Slate @instapundit Not possible. Obama solved Yemen.
— Michael Costello (@Kozmocostello) January 8, 2015
Guess times have changed.
"On the run." RT @Slate Why al-Qaida in Yemen may be gaining strength: http://t.co/qZZe34ocsb #CharlieHebdo
— jon gabriel (@exjon) January 8, 2015
@exjon or running right at us @Slate
— Dave Gray (@docgray81) January 8, 2015
— Doug Adamavich (@DougAdamavich) January 8, 2015
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/553307241357799424
https://twitter.com/5OFive/status/553309677807607808
@exjon I'm so old I remember when Obama used the counter-terrorism efforts in Yemen as model for his plans against ISIL. @Slate
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) January 8, 2015
Thoooooose were the daaaaaaaays.
@Slate @instapundit Hey Barack, if this is what Al-qaeda looks like "on the run," I'd hate to see them resurgent and on the rampage.
— Farbrook (@dutchindian) January 8, 2015
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