According to the Associated Press, the trial of 20 men accused in a series of coordinated Paris attacks in 2015 that spread fear across Europe and transformed France opened Wednesday in a custom-built complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse.
To refresh your memories, on January 7 and 9 respectively, 2015, Muslim jihadists’ attacked the editorial offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Kosher supermarket in the French capital, Paris, killing 17 people and injuring scores of others. The assailants were consequently killed by French police.
Below is a video by our own Dr. Errol Southers who, you will see, did not mince words in assessing the threat ISIS poses. Dr. Southers said:
“It’s a war against a terrorist army as opposed to a terrorist organization. They are very organized, very sophisticated, and they are built for sustainability. We’ve already found out that if you take out a leader in a drone strike this afternoon, tomorrow he’ll already be replaced and not missed.”
Paris Attacks Discussed
To listen to Dr. Southers discuss the intricacies of this latest terror attack in Paris by home-grown extremists, please click on the video display below: