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A police officer talks to Jewish man outside the kosher grocery where Amedy Coulibaly killed four people in a terror attack in Paris last week, in this Jan. 20, 2015, photo. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

France to spend $490M to hire 2,600 new counter-terrorism police

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An anonymous art installation showing a broken pencil is displayed on the pavement near the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Terror attacks by French Islamic extremists should force the country to look inward at its &quot;ethnic apartheid,&quot; the prime minister said Tuesday as four men faced preliminary charges on suspicion of links to one of the gunmen. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Lawmakers plan pencil tribute to Charlie Hebdo attacks during State of the Union

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks in Louisville, Ky., in this Oct. 29, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

In London, Bobby Jindal slams prospect of Muslim ‘no-go zones’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A young girl looks on at French soldiers patrolling at the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, north of Paris, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015. France ordered 10,000 troops into the streets Monday to protect sensitive sites — nearly half of them to guard Jewish schools — as it hunted for accomplices to the Islamic militants who left 17 people dead as they terrorized the nation. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Police release 3 suspects arrested in French terror probe

By GREG KELLER - Associated Press

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A Eurostar high-speed train is pulled from the Channel Tunnel in England on Thursday after breaking down earlier in the morning. Passengers were transferred to another train.

Channel Tunnel fire halts services between Britain and France

Associated Press

In this image made from video, members of the public stand behind police tape after security forces took part in anti-terrorist raids in Verviers, eastern Belgium. Belgian authorities say two people have been killed and one has been arrested during a shootout in an anti-terrorist operation in the eastern city of Verviers. (AP Photo/RTL - TVI) BELGIUM OUT

France, Germany arrest at least 12 Friday as threats from Islamic State loom

By Angela Charlton and Raf Casert - Associated Press

From Afghanistan and borderlands of Pakistan to Iraq and North Africa, radical Islamists eager to spread their strict interpretation of the Muslim faith and topple Western values have bombed, beheaded and slaughtered — undermining the White House narrative and raising questions about its strategy. (Associated Press)

Obama’s ‘lone wolf’ focus misguided as terrorist threat expands, critics say

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Jean Paul Bierlein reads the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo outside a newsstand in Nice, southeastern France, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

France arrests 54 for defending terror; newspaper sells out

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

CHRISTOPHER HARPER: France terrorist attack news coverage shows damage of foreign bureau cuts

By Christopher Harper

Two women hold "Je Suis Charlie" (I am Charlie) signs during a gathering in solidarity with victims of the recent Paris terrorist attacks, at the Plaza de Francia in Panama City, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. A group of foreign residents and Panamanian citizens gathered to protest against the recent terrorist attacks in France. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Helric Fredou, French police chief, kills himself amid pressure of Paris terror

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Friday Jan. 9, 2015, file photo, a French police officer stands guard outside the Grand Mosque as people arrive for Friday prayers, Paris. Firebombs and pigs' heads are being tossed at mosques and women in veils have been insulted in a surge of anti-Muslim acts since last week's murderous assault on the newsroom of a satirical Paris paper, according to a Muslim who tracks such incidents in France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

White House: Inaccurate to use phrase ‘radical Islam’ to talk about terrorists

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

People rally to pay tribute to attackers of the satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 in Peshawar, Pakistan. The hardline Pakistani cleric in the country's northwest has led a prayer service in honor of the two brothers who attacked the satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo in Paris. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Al Qaeda-North Africa to France: ‘Undermine our prophet’ and you’ll get ‘the worst and more’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, above, speaking at the French National Assembly in homage to the 17 victims of the Jan. 7 terror attacks in Paris, says France is at war with radical Islam. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

France traces arms, attack money, prepares new terror laws

By Lori Hinnant and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

French President Francois Hollande, left, followed by Prime Minister Manuel Valls, march during a ceremony to pay tribute to the three police officers killed in the attacks, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. Police officers Ahmed Merabet, 40, Franck Brinsolaro, 49, were killed during the attacks at Charlie Hebdo, and Clarissa Jean-Philippe killed in Montrouge last week. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, pool)

France extends war plans against Islamic State in Iraq

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A French police officer patrols around the Sacre Coeur basilica at Montmartre district, in Paris,, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. France on Monday ordered 10,000 troops into the streets to protect sensitive sites after three days of bloodshed and terror, amid the hunt for accomplices to the attacks that left 17 people and the three gunmen dead. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

France hunts for attack accomplices, deploys 10,000 troops

By Lori Hinnant and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Front from the left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU Council President Donald Tusk and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, process arm-in-arm in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Thousands of people began filling France's iconic Republique plaza, and world leaders converged on Paris in a rally of defiance and sorrow on Sunday to honor the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed that left France on alert for more violence. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

LAWRENCE J. FEDEWA: Where were the Americans in Paris?

By Lawrence J. Fedewa

TAMMY BRUCE: Saying no to terror as the new normal

By Tammy Bruce - The Washington Times

Thousands of people wave national flags and hold placards that read "I am Charlie" at the Place de la Nation in Paris Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. More than 40 world leaders, their arms linked, marched through Paris Sunday to rally for unity and freedom of expression and to honor 17 victims of three days of terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

ANNE HENDERSHOTT: ‘Ambassadonor’ Jane Hartley shows Obama’s solidarity with France

By Anne Hendershott

Associated Press Photo/Carolyn Kaster

EDITORIAL: Obama’s snub of Paris

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES