Late on Sunday, French planes took off from the Gulf to bomb the stronghold of the Islamic State jihadists, who claimed responsibility for Friday’s carnage in Paris.
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In his first public comments since 129 were killed in the coordinated assault on the French capital, Carter said the attacks had “galvanised” France into taking bolder action against Isis and cooperating further with the U.S. and that he hoped it would have the same effect on other European partners. Speaking to lawmakers Monday, he called for a unified diplomatic front against Islamic State and sought expanded executive authority.
When asked to comment about the raids in the early hours, Valls said: “Let the police do their job…I am convinced of their professionalism”.
Another man who blew himself up as President Hollande watched the friendly match between France and Germany inside was found with a Syrian passport in the name of Ahmad Al Mohammad. “But we’re not engaged in a war of civilisations, because these assassins do not represent any”.
“Terrorism will not destroy the Republic”, he said, “because the Republic will destroy terrorism”.
France is committed to “destroying” the so-called Islamic State group after Friday’s deadly attacks, President Francois Hollande said Monday. But prosecutors have said they believe three teams were involved and suggested that a few suspects are on the run, possibly in Belgium.
In the speech, Hollande announced that France will extend the state of emergency by three months and said the French constitution must be adapted for crisis situations such as the atrocity on Friday. He said he would meet US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin to coordinate attacks.
ISIS has been linked to dozens of attacks in multiple countries over the past year. “They were organised in Belgium and perpetrated on our soil with French complicity”.
French officials have named the alleged ringleader behind the Paris attacks and an global manhunt continues for Salah Abdeslam, who rented a auto used to carry gunmen to the Bataclan music venue in Paris.
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Security officials have said the Islamist who killed people at a Paris kosher grocery in January after the attack on the magazine Charlie Hebdo acquired weapons there. This is real guesswork, but the director for National Intelligence, James Clapper, said in February that the group had “somewhere in the range between 20,000 and 32,000 fighters” in Iraq and Syria.
