Details
are still emerging as to precisely who was responsible for the Nov. 13
Paris attacks. Sorting through the jumble of misinformation and
disinformation will be challenging for French authorities, and for
outside observers such as Stratfor.
While
the Islamic State has claimed credit for the attack, it is still
uncertain to what degree the Islamic State core organization was
responsible for planning, funding or directing it. It is not clear
whether the attackers were grassroots operatives encouraged by the
organization, like Paris Kosher Deli gunman Ahmed Coulibaly,
if the operatives were professional terrorist cadres dispatched by the
core group, or if the attack was some combination of the two.
French
President Francois Hollande publicly placed responsibility for the Nov.
13 attack on the Islamic State, declaring it an act of war. This French
response to the Paris attacks is markedly different from that of the
Spanish government following the March 2004 Madrid train bombings.
Instead of pulling back from the global coalition working against
jihadism, it appears that the French will renew and perhaps expand their
efforts to pursue revenge for the most recent assault. The precise
nature of this response will be determined by who is ultimately found to
be the author of the Nov. 13 attack. ...
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