In a recording released and posted online on Wednesday, the Yemen branch of al-Qaida assumed responsibility for the attack on the Paris-based offices of Charlie Hebdo, saying, “As for the blessed Battle of Paris, we, the Organization of al-Qaida al Jihad in the Arabian Peninsula, claim responsibility for this operation as vengeance for the Messenger of […]
The prime suspects in the Charlie Hebdo attack earlier this week, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, died in a barrage of bullets after an eight hour standoff in the Paris suburb of Dammartin-en-Goelle on Friday according to French authorities. As the two brothers exited the warehouse northeast of Paris and opened fire with high-powered assault […]
Twelve people in Paris are dead and an additional eight are injured after two hooded, heavily-armed men burst into the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and opened fire there. Although investigators do not know the origin of the attackers,during the attack, it is reported that they hollered “God is great!” in Arabic, […]