France Intensifies Assault on Islamic State at Home and Abroad
- Officials still verifying if ringleader among those killed
- Aircraft carrier leaves port, heralds heavier strikes in Syria
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France escalated its retaliation against Islamic State both at home and on the global stage.
A predawn police raid in a Paris suburb led to the deaths of at least two extremists and eight arrests, and revealed that the terrorists were likely planning another attack, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told a news conference late Wednesday. Meanwhile, a French aircraft carrier headed to the eastern Mediterranean to intensify the bombardment of the terror group’s positions in Syria.