2015년 1월 9일 금요일

What we know about the Charlie Hebdo shooting suspects

1. Paris, day two

  • Two other suspects, the brothers Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi, remain at large.
  • Chérif was convicted in 2008 on terrorism charges in France; both brothers have been on the US no-fly list for years.
    [NPR / Eyder Peralta]
  • We still don't know if they acted alone or at the direction of a terrorist group.
  • European far-right leaders like France's Marie Le Pen are treating the attack as a vindication of their Islamophobia.
    [Washington Post / Adam Taylor]
  • In Russia, a conspiracy theory about US intelligence pulling off the attack is spreading.
    [Vox / Max Fisher]
  • Matt Yglesias: defending the right to blaspheme is necessary, but Muslims in Europe will suffer.
    [Vox / Matt Yglesias]

2. Boxer out

  • This sets up a rare open seat in a state with a lot of ambitious Democratic politicians.
  • Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has ruled himself out.
    [Reid Wilson]
  • Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg would have been an interesting outside contender, but doesn't look interested.
    [Seema Mehta]
  • As for Boxer herself: she'll be remembered for her work on environmental legislation, as one of the Senate's most stalwart abortion rights defenders, and as one half of the first all-female Senate delegation ever.
    [National Journal / Lucia Graves]

3. Misc.

  • Researchers at Northeastern say they've found a new antibiotic that bacteria can't mutate to resist.
    [The Atlantic / Cari Romm]

4. Verbatim

  • "Obama has been far more effective than either Carter or Clinton. That obviously makes him seem more effectively liberal than his predecessors."
    [Mother Jones / Kevin Drum]

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