Pursuits
From Iraqi Jails to the Paris Carnage: Islamic State Timeline
The Global Search for an Islamic State Strategy
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Attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 claimed by Islamic State left at least 129 people dead and scores more wounded in the worst terrorist assault in Europe for a decade. Below is a timeline of seminal events in the militant group’s history and leading up to the tragedy that French President Francois Hollande has called an “act of war.”