French police identify 3 suspects in Paris attack

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Associated Press

French police officials say they have identified three men as suspects in a deadly attack against newspaper offices that killed 12 people and shook the nation.

Two officials named the suspects as Frenchmen Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, in their early 30s, as well as 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad, whose nationality wasn't immediately clear.

One of the officials said they were linked to a Yemeni terrorist network. . .


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/police-11-dead-shooting-satirical-113741279.html

[Rhinodawg]

1. Said Kouachi? Cherif Kouachi? Hamyd Mourad ?

Hmmmm.... there seems to be something in common with them.

ohhhh..., they all speak fluent French.....like they LIVE in France.

Maybe the French police over reacted.

[jakeXT]

2. he had become inspired to fight in jihad due to the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuses.

The Associated Press reported in 2008 that Cherif Kouachi had been sentenced to three years in prison in Paris for helping to funnel prospective jihadi fighters from France to Iraq. He served 18 months, another 18 months of his sentence was suspended. In that case, Cherif was named as a member of the 19th arrondissement network, named for the mainly North African neighborhood where they were based. The New York Times first reported on Cherif in 2005. It was reported that he had become inspired to fight in jihad due to the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuses. Prior to the emergence of those abuses, the Liberation newspaper reported that Cheriff was not a devout muslim. He had girlfriends, smoked and drank alcohol.

http://heavy.com/news/2015/01/cherif-said-kouachi-hamid-mourad-charlie-hebdo-terror-attack/

How do they know when they were masked ?

[Lucky Luciano]

4. Perhaps some forensics from the getaway car? nt

[Historic NY]

5. They left their identification cards behind in the car they stole....

Investigators quickly identified the brothers because they left their identification cards behind when fleeing the stolen black Citroen they have been seen utilizing in video of the assault, according to TFI.

http://videos.tf1.fr/infos/2015/attentat-a-charlie-hebdo-la-compagne-de-l-un-des-trois-suspects-8543876.html

[jakeXT]

6. It would be interesting to know if the individuals behind the masks were the same ones on the IDs /n

[Historic NY]

7. Okay maybe persons of interest....

but who steals a car and leaves their ID behind.....in the video a sneaker fell out of the car which was promptly picked up by one of the gunman. Haste makes waste, in this case the police caught a lucky break.

Warning on the video

http://heavy.com/news/2015/01/cherif-said-kouachi-hamid-mourad-charlie-hebdo-terror-attack/

[Demeter]

8. You know, with all the stuff governments pull, I don't believe in luck.

A commentary of our times, sad, but true.

[jakeXT]

10. I just rewatched The Package last week

[Rhinodawg]

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[OldRedneck]

9. Left ID cards in getaway car??

Hmmm. Sounds as though they need more training.