Here is a link which I consider revealing. The New York Times has just published this article a couple of hours ago.
Suspect in Paris Attacks Trained With Al Qaeda in Yemen, U.S. Official Says - By ERIC SCHMITT and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT - January 8, 2015
There is a video in the article that contains a 2005 film/documentary film, in which the suspect in Paris shooting terror attack at Charlie Hebdo is shown.
The article itself wraps up some good info too.
I like to see this as an open thread for others to add information as they find it.
Thank you for reading and watching. I am going on searching for info and add it as I stumble over something I think is good to know.
From the NYT article:
The suspect, Saïd Kouachi, 34, spent “a few months” training in small arms combat, marksmanship and other skills that appeared to be on display in videos of the military-style attack on Wednesday carried out by at least two gunmen on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper.
Mr. Kouachi’s training came at a time when many other young Muslim men in the West were inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born cleric who by 2011 had become a senior operational figure for the terrorist group, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
The Kouachi brothers have been under scrutiny for years by French and American officials.
A United States intelligence official said on Thursday that both brothers were in the United States database of known or suspected terrorists, and were on an American no-fly list for years.
NYT:
Video | Paris Terror Suspect Shown in 2005 Film Chérif Kouachi, one of the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris, appeared in a 2005 investigative documentary about jihadism that aired on French television.