

Of the eight terrorist attacks or attempted attacks this year in France, all were in the Paris region and all but one both targeted uniformed security officers and appeared to be at least partly inspired by extremist Islamist ideology. Operation Sentinelle was created in response to the January 2. The terrorist threat in France today is a clandestine threat, and to counter a clandestine threat, there are no two ways about it You need intelligence gathering, not firepower, Mr. Tenenbaum and other terrorism experts have argued that the money, time and resources being spent on the deployment of soldiers, known as Operation Sentinelle, could do more to prevent terrorist attacks if they were spent on intelligence and police work. It was to show military force and reassure the population, he said. Does it make sense to deploy large numbers of heavily armed soldiers to patrol streets and high profile places frequented by both tourists and the French Or does their presence draw fire as much as it deters itThis is the paradox, said Elie Tenenbaum, a research fellow at the French Institute for International Research. But the attack, with its by now familiar pattern of a vehicle being driven at high speed into unsuspecting victims, was a reminder both of the extent to which France remains a target for terrorists and of the fraught debate over how best to combat the threat. ToeJam_%26_Earl_Productions_companyLogo.jpg' alt='Orly Draw A Story' title='Orly Draw A Story' />Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper, and a kosher grocery were attacked in Paris, Wednesdays assault was a relatively minor episode no one was killed, the injured are expected to recover fully and the police apprehended the main suspect. Why is gay marriage such a big issue and this isnt This is far more important and. LJane_01/JustGrandmaandMe.jpg]] var lpix_1=pix_1.length var p1_0= [[383' alt='Orly Draw A Story' title='Orly Draw A Story' /> Comments 240 Comments for this story are closed. France has been on constant alert for more than two years and has had emergency security patrols in place for nearly as long. The Paris prosecutors office quickly opened a terrorism investigation. Car Slams Into Soldiers in Paris Suburb, Injuring Six.
