1、CRS INSIGHTFrance: Efforts to Counter Islamist Terrorism and the Islamic StateNovember 18, 2015 (IN10301) | Related AuthorPaul Belkin |Paul Belkin, Analyst in European Affairs (pbelkincrs.loc.gov, 7-0220)Recent Terrorist Attacks in France and the Islamist Terrorist ThreatOn November 13, 2015, coordi
2、nated terrorist attacks in Paris left at least 129 people dead and over 350 injured at six locations throughout the city. French President Franois Hollande attributed the attacks to the Islamic State terrorist organization (which subsequently claimed responsibility). The attacks were the deadliest-e
3、ver terrorist incident on French soil, and the latest in a number of attacks by Islamist extremists in France over the past several years. In early January, terrorists killed 17 people in three related attacks in Paris that targeted the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, police officers, and a kosher
4、 supermarket (for more on recent Islamist terrorist attacks in Europe, see CRS Insight IN10209, European Security, Islamist Terrorism, and Returning Fighters, by Kristin Archick and Paul Belkin).French governments have long viewed Islamist terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda and, more recently,
