Why does France keep getting attacked?

July 16, 2016 01:00

France is historically seen as standard bearer of western secular liberalism and has been singled out by Islamic State as a key target.

One reason that France is a particular target is down to a specific decision by Islamic State to target it. In September 2014, shortly after the beginning of airstrikes by a US-led coalition which includes France, the chief spokesman for Isis, Mohammad al-Adnani, singled out the "spiteful French' among a list of enemies in a speech calling for the group's sympathisers to launch attacks across the west.

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