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Sun Nov 22, 2015, 12:30 PM Nov 2015

TYT: Why Did Terrorists Choose Paris Location For Attack?



Of all the cities in Europe that ISIS could have targeted, some are wondering why they chose to hit Paris, France again just months after the Charlie Hebdo massacre. John Iadarola (Think Tank) and Elliot Hill (The Lip TV), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"France’s policy towards the war in Syria has been more forward than any other western country. It was early in calling for President Bashar al-Assad to step down, still insists he must go, and recently joined airstrikes inside Syria against the Islamic State – unlike the UK, which has not taken that step.

The Isis claim of responsibility for Friday’s Paris attacks referred directly to French aircraft “striking Muslims in the lands of the caliphate”.”*

Read more here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/14/france-active-policy-syria-assad-isis-paris-attacks-air-strikes
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