Paris killings underline need for global response

Deadly attacks by militants in Paris and other Western cities underline the need for a “global response” to the Islamic State jihadist group, US envoy John Allen said on January 14. Allen said that 8 countries were carrying out strikes against IS in Iraq, while 12 have pledged to train the country’s security forces. The US and allied countries aim to eventually train 5,000 federal and Kurdish forces every six to eight weeks at five training sites in various parts of Iraq. “As we saw so tragically in Paris last week, Iraq is on the front lines of a global conflict,” Allen said, referring to violence including attacks on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket which killed a total of 17 people.

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