The French 'Iraqi Networks' of the 2000s: Matrix of the 2015 Terrorist Attacks?

Jean-Pierre Filiu (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

The networks that were active in sending “volunteers” for the anti-US jihad in Iraq from 2003 to 2007 might have played a key role in organizing the major terrorist attacks that struck France in January and November 2015. This jihadi genealogy underlines a complex generational transmission between pre-Islamic State (IS) and IS-inspired activists and cells.

Mots clés: Jihadism; France; IS; Iraq

Domaines: Science politique

Jean-Pierre Filiu. The French 'Iraqi Networks' of the 2000s: Matrix of the 2015 Terrorist Attacks?. Perspectives on Terrorism, 2016, 10 (6), pp.97-101. ⟨hal-03459110⟩