abaaoud. so someone likely that abdelhamid abaaoud would have looked up to within the isis hierarc hierarchy. >> a close associate of muhammad mira, the gunman who killed several french soldiers and jewish school children in 2012. >> salim seems to have been the person to whom abaaoud served an apprentice. affiliated with the external operations network amongst french speakers. he's known to be a fairly skilled operative. >> once convicted of murder in france is according to the state department an isis executioner. analysts say he had close ties to the brothers who stormed the "charlie hebdo" offices in january killing a dozen people. in an isis video made shortly after those attacks, he had a warning for the west. >> translator: we have also come to strike you. and we are already there to attack you.