help getting from better 39 milan. and there is no way did he this on his own. and he has a connection to isis hq because they released his last will and testament. so this is anything but lone wolf. this is isis coordinated. make no mistake. i think jumping off what they just. they believe there was something in italy. he previously stopped him. trying to get from germ notice italy. there was something there. part of the network exists there. we know it was in central europe and germany. it goes into the balkans and the western part of europe. so they know they re many touch with peel in syria who are still serving as command and control.
wouldn t be the first time but if he is gay, i m not sure he would want to go to syria with those reports out there. if this was coordinated by isis hq, it was done with them. you don t go back to syria. it s really not the goal. the goal is to die. this is a suicide operation ultimately. clarisa, there are claims more attacks were quote ready to go in jewish areas according to a source. do you know more about that? so what we re hearing is that this is a man who was well-known to the 26-year-old woman who was killed in the raid in saint-denis that took out
military training and the logistics and coordination between and amongst them. john miller said i don t want to put words in his mouth but i think he said it s not sophisticated but it is coordinated that these types of attacks are scaled down so they could carry out more of them. is that correct? it is a combination of a shooting attack and a bomb that went off successfully, perhaps not killing as many as they intended. but, still, you know, and the fact that it all happened within the space of a half hour suggests to me that this has been long planned and there is a central command. not saying it s not coming out of isis hq in raqqah. the caliphate has expanded in a way that many did not for see. it is getting the affiliates and
so let s continue this conversation. contributing editor at the atlantic and fellow at the council on foreign relations. also with us is miles o brien in paris. you have written a lot on isis specifically. if we re talking about isis in the sinai or an affiliate, how active are they? how sophisticated? how much in touch would they be with isis hq, if i may? we call them annist i affiliate. they really are a part of isis. and actually one of the statements they made pointed out that the date of the destruction of this aircraft was exactly one year after they pledged to isis central command in syria. they are definitely part of the organization directly. what more about this, as we will learn and perhaps a video will reveal itself, but this has
do not bring too much baggage and all your hold luggage, you will be reunited with it. so they are taking no chances, absolutely none. but longer term, was this their problem or aviation s problem? what about this isis sinai affiliate? we talk about possible affiliate, may not be isis, if i m making sense there. how active is this affiliate? how deep in communication would they be maybe directed by someone at isis hq? this is the million-dollar question. this affiliate used to be a prior terror organization in the sinai peninsula. in fact, when members of it pledged allegiance, it caused a rift internally. this was seen to be a a going concern not just in sinai but throughout the entire country of