By Husam Dughman
If the US has its 9/11, the UK its 7/7, and Israel its 10/7, France has its 11/13. That was just over 10 years ago, at the height of the power, success, and influence of the Islamic State group. On that day, France was winded by a series of coordinated bombings and suicide attacks that claimed the lives of 130 people, with many more injured. All of the assailants died in the attack, except for one who chose not to blow himself up in the last minute. That was Salah Abdeslam. He was later caught, charged, and convicted. He is currently serving a life sentence. is friend, a female French convert to Islam His friend, a French convert to Islam, HHisOne of his friends, a female convert to Islam, is currently under investigation for plotting to launch terrorist acts of her own along with other co-conspirators. Since that fateful day, France has experienced several lesser terrorist attacks and thwarted many more, partly through the greatly improved IT know-how of intelligence agencies who have been quick and decisive in nipping any terrorist projects in the bud.
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