Images identifying two brothers, both of them French nationals, that were wanted in connection to the Paris terror attack.
Not to be boring, but again authorities knew of the terror connections of these men. Still they were not under surveillance. Surely no one was harassing them. But in Cambridge, MA, where academics rule and set public safety priorities, local police, crime family associates, Communists, FBI informants, Harvard University campus police and building superintendents take turns keeping 24/7 surveillance and harassment of a 70-year-old white male for 44 years. Adding concurrent relentless character assassination, they keep him isolated, after destroying his social, economic and political support systems. Spineless and clueless leaders everywhere.
[From article]
One of the men, 35-year-old Cheriff Kouachi, was convicted on terrorism charges in 2008.
Two of the suspects, brothers Cheriff and Said Kouachi, 32, are French nationals who were born to Algerian parents in Paris. The nationality of a third man, Hamid Mourad, 18, is unknown; police believe he is a high school student.
Their names circulated on Facebook and Twitter for an hour before French authorities confirmed that the Kouachi brothers had been identified.
One of the officials who spoke to the Associated Press said they were linked to a Yemeni terrorist network.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to publicly discuss the sensitive and ongoing investigation.
The older brother was arrested in Paris in January 2005 when he was caught trying to fly to Damascus, Syria, on his way to join the Iraqi insurgency, according to a 2008 Bloomberg report. Cheriff Kouachi reportedly told a court that he was inspired by detainee abuse by U.S. troops at Baghdad's infamous Abu Ghraib prison, though he was relieved he was stopped, according to the Bloomberg report.
A 2005 Pittsburgh Tribune Review report, citing Kouachi's lawyer, said the would-be terrorist was not religious, drank alcohol, smoked marijuana, had premarital sex with his girlfriend and had a job delivering pizzas. At the time, Kouachi had learned "the basics" on how to handle Kalashnikovs, Le Monde reported.
He was convicted in 2008 of terrorism charges for helping funnel fighters to Iraq's insurgency and given a three-year sentence, half of which was suspended.
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Suspects in Paris attack were on police radar for years
By Brian Ries
January 7, 2015
