Extremism and motivations of suspected Kouachi Brothers in Charlie Hedbo murders

Extremism and motivations of suspected Kouachi Brothers in Charlie Hedbo murders

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French police continue manhunt for Cherif and Said Kouachi, two brothers suspected in carrying out the attack on the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. In his blog Informed Comment, Middle East analyst Juan Cole, writes that the brothers had a specific goal - to polarize the “French and European public.” The idea, he says, is to make Europe’s Muslims fell persecuted so that they join their cause. We talk with Cole, author of “New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East” PHOTO: PHOTO: Said Kouachi, co-suspect in the Charlie Hedbo murders. (AP Photo/Prefecture de Police de Paris)