that it s happened a week after the friday attacks in paris. but i just want to also mention that there has been reports of a splinter cell defecting from the main al qaeda faction in northern mali, pledging allegiance to isis. one of the main leaders issued an audio saying, i pledge allegiance to isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. they other group saying, we are not isis, we remain al qaeda. but if isis is behind this attack, it appears to be a continuation of targeting some french interests around the world, and not only the homeland. the information about the islamist threats in north africa, whether al qaeda, isis, or boko haram, how connected are they really to core isis or core al qaeda? look, in north africa, there