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Why France ?
by Elliot Friedland
November 15, 2015

In the wake of the terrorist attacks which killed at least 129 in Paris on Friday, people are asking why France in particular was targeted by the Islamic State. The Islamic State detests the entire Western world and seeks to destroy it and replace it with a global Islamist caliphate. Yet it prioritizes which countries to attack and when. The reasons listed here are by way of explanation from the Islamic State’s point of view, to help our readers understand. They are not to be taken as a justification of the Islamic State’s actions, which ultimately are caused by their hateful extremist ideology. Here are the top five reasons why the Islamic State attacked France and Paris in particular. REASON 1 France has been fighting the Islamic State and other Islamists…READ MORE