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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/08/politics/paris-suspects-al-qaeda-yemen/
France: Paris Terrorist Trained with Al-Qaeda in Yemen
(CNN) Barbara Starr - The U.S. was told by the French intelligence agency that Said Kouachi, one of the Paris terrorists, traveled to Yemen in 2011 and received a variety of weapons training from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). In addition, a French source said one of the brothers traveled to Syria during the past year. Also, Cherif Kouachi attempted at one point to join jihadists waging war in Iraq against the U.S. and the coalition.