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The Links Among the Paris Terror Suspects and Their Connections to Jihad


The three men killed by the French police on Friday have been linked by French and American intelligence officials to Islamic militant organizations. Two of the men were brothers suspected in the killings at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The third man was suspected of seizing hostages at a kosher supermarket and threatening to kill them if the police attacked the brothers. Here is a look at key moments in their lives, where they intersected and what might have influenced them.
UPDATED JAN. 11, 2015
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Chérif Kouachi

                
                Born 1982. Suspect in attack on Charlie Hebdo.
            


Saïd Kouachi

                
                Born 1980. Suspect in attack on Charlie Hebdo.
            


Amedy Coulibaly

                
                Born 1982. Suspect in attack on kosher market.
            





The Connections

Farid Benyettou

                
                A former janitor and self-taught preacher who called for jihad in Iraq, and a leader of the Buttes-Chaumont network.
            

2004

Chérif Kouachi, 2004  — 
                
                Met Mr. Benyettou  at a mosque near his home in Paris's 19th Arrondissement, a largely Arab, working-class district.
            

 

 







Buttes-Chaumont network

                
                A network, also known as the 19th Arrondissement network, recruited young French Muslims to fight in Iraq with Al Qaeda. Mr. Benyettou and Boubaker Hakim were leaders of the network.
            

2005

Chérif Kouachi, 2005  — 
                
                Became involved in the Buttes-Chaumont network and was arrested while preparing to leave for Syria en route to Iraq.
            

 

Saïd Kouachi — 
                
                Was involved with the Buttes-Chaumont network at some point, according to the French authorities.
            

 

Amedy Coulibaly — 
                
                Believed to be part of the Buttes-Chaumont  network, the police said.
            






Boubaker Hakim

                
                A Tunisian-French jihadist who built a network of fighters across Northern Africa and in European immigrant communities since 2011. He also helped found the Buttes-Chaumont network.
            

 

Chérif Kouachi — 
                
                The French authorities believe Mr. Hakim was a foreign associate of the Kouachi brothers.
            

 

Saïd Kouachi — 
                
                The French authorities believed Mr. Hakim was a foreign associate of the Kouachi brothers.
            

 






Djamel Beghal

                
                A French-Algerian champion of jihad who was jailed in 2001 for planning an attack on the American Embassy in Paris.
            

 

Chérif Kouachi — 
                
                Got to know Mr. Beghal and Amedy Coulibaly while being held in a detention center after his arrest.
            

 

 

Amedy Coulibaly — 
                
                Met Chérif Kouachi and Mr. Beghal in jail.
            





Abu Ghraib

                
                The site of the notorious prisoner abuse scandal during the American occupation of Iraq.
            

2008

Chérif Kouachi, 2008  — 
                
                During the trial on his involvement in the Buttes-Chaumont network, it was said that his radicalization was rooted in the American invasion of Iraq and the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib.
            

 

 






Smaïn Aït Ali Belkacem

                
                An Algerian Islamist who was sentenced to life in prison in connection with a 1995 wave of bombings in the Paris Métro and on regional trains.
            

2010

Chérif Kouachi, 2010  — 
                
                Popped up again on intelligence radar in connection with a plot, hatched with Mr. Beghal and Mr. Coulibaly, to free Mr. Belkacem from prison.
            

 

2013

Amedy Coulibaly, 2013  — 
                
                Convicted in plot, hatched with Mr. Beghal and Chérif Kouachi, to spring Mr. Belkacem from prison.
            






Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

                
                Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen. Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born cleric and a leader of the group, repeatedly called for killing cartoonists who insulted the Prophet Muhammad, and inspired young Muslim men to travel to Yemen.
            

2015

Chérif Kouachi, 2015  — 
                
                During the Charlie Hebdo attack, the brothers identified themselves as being part of Al Qaeda in Yemen, another name for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Chérif later told a French broadcaster that he had gone to Yemen.
            

2009

Saïd Kouachi, 2009  — 
                
                Began travels to Yemen, where he received training from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
            

 





Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

                
                The leader of the Islamic State, the Sunni extremist group that broke with Al Qaeda last year and has taken control over territory in Iraq and Syria.
            

 

 

2015

Amedy Coulibaly, 2015  — 
                
                A video posted two days after Mr. Coulibaly's death showed him sitting below the flag of the Islamic State militant group and pledging allegiance to Mr. al-Baghdadi.
            






 


Sources: Paris Police Department, French and American intelligence services and court proceedings. 


By Gregor Aisch, Larry Buchanan, Tom Giratikanon, Andrew Higgins, Eric Schmitt, Archie Tse and Karen Yourish 









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