Paris, AQ and IS

January 9th, 2015 by Charles Cameron

[ by Charles Cameron — just noting the apparent blurring of a significant distinction, although it’s still early to draw conclusions ]

Raffaello Pantucci tweets:

French TV interviewed Cherif Kouachi who states clearly I was directed by AQAP and funded by Awlaki. Same French TV channel spoke to Coulibaly who they say told them he was linked to ISIS. And Coulibaly claims that the brothers and himself were coordinated.

Here’s the video (in French) that Pantucci linked to:

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3 comments on this post.

Cheryl Rofer:

January 10th, 2015 at 12:18 am

I think we need to wait until the dust settles and there are investigations.
Charles Cameron:

January 10th, 2015 at 7:14 am

Hi Cheryl:
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Mostly agreed — as I said above, “it’s still early to draw conclusions”. In this instance, though, since we have video interviews with two perps and their claims do assert their self-identifications with AQAP & IS respectively, (IMO) the seeming anomaly is worth noting.
Charles Cameron:

January 12th, 2015 at 4:05 pm

Interesting analogy from Hegghammer:

Dual claim in Paris suggests some jihadis relate to IS/AQ like football teams. You can support different clubs and still watch game together

— Thomas Hegghammer (@Hegghammer) January 12, 2015

And here’s a link to Clint Watts on The Muddled Jihad of ISIS & Al Qaeda post Hebdo.