Journalist Says Paris Terror Attack Could Have Been Prevented
Michael Walsh, Jan. 13, 2015, Yahoo! News
“Like everyone I’m shocked and saddened by the killings in Paris. And like many people I’m also wondering if they might have been avoided,” Houser said in an interview with Yahoo News. “If France had kept him in custody or put him in prison for a long sentence… It’s unfortunate that authorities there thought a three-year sentence was sufficient.”
In January 2005, French police arrested Kouachi and two other young men for trying to travel to Syria and sneak across the border into Iraq to join other jihadists in their fight against American and Iraqi soldiers, according to news reports at the time.
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“Like everyone I’m shocked and saddened by the killings in Paris. And like many people I’m also wondering if they might have been avoided,” Houser said in an interview with Yahoo News. “If France had kept him in custody or put him in prison for a long sentence… It’s unfortunate that authorities there thought a three-year sentence was sufficient.”
In January 2005, French police arrested Kouachi and two other young men for trying to travel to Syria and sneak across the border into Iraq to join other jihadists in their fight against American and Iraqi soldiers, according to news reports at the time.
Read more: news.yahoo.com
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