Kerry in Paris to consult with French leaders on attack

It comes as French President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russian Federation to join a coalition to destroy IS, after the group claimed responsibility for attacks in Paris, which killed 129 people. “They must never be able to spoil France’s soul”. Hollande’s bill would extend it for three months, giving authorities the right to set curfews and shut down demonstrations. President Hollande said he would create 5,000 jobs in the police and security forces, and boost staff in the prison service by 2,500.

It is likely that France would want to prosecute any suspects, in which case the worldwide Criminal Court would not be involved.

– The Eiffel Tower shut down again after opening for just a day Monday, and heavily armed troops patrolled the courtyard of the Louvre Museum. As darkness fell it was floodlit in the red, white and blue of the French tricolor along with a projection of Paris’ centuries-old motto of “tossed but not sunk”, suggesting an unsinkable city braving stormy seas.

“We need a union of all who can fight this terrorist army in a single coalition”, he said.

Nine people are in custody in France who were close to two of the men who machinegunned the Bataclan music hall during a rock concert, Ismael Omar Mostefai and Samy Amimour.

Last week’s attacks in Paris have reopened a debate on whether the group should be referred to as “Daesh, ” an Arabic acronym that the group fiercely rejects, or a few other forceful term.

Two men arrested in Belgium admitted driving to France to pick up Salah Abdeslam early Saturday, their lawyers said.

Seven of the Paris attackers died Friday, six after detonating suicide belts and one from police gunfire.

Mohamed Abdeslam, who was arrested and questioned following the attack before being released on Monday, said his brother was devout but showed no signs of being a radical Islamist. Mohammed Amri, 27, denies any involvement in the attacks and says he went to Paris to collect his friend Salah Abdeslam, according to his defense lawyer Xavier Carrette. They were organized in Belgium and perpetrated on our soil with French complicity with one specific goal: “to sow fear and to divide us”, Hollande told Parliament in a rare joint session convened at the Palace of Versailles.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said police seized a Kalashnikov assault rifle, three automatic pistols and a bulletproof vest from a suspected arms dealer with jihadist sympathies, and a rocket launcher and other military-grade gear from his parents’ home.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Hollande and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday. Involved in Stade de France attack. The Iraqi dispatch, obtained by the AP, provided no details on when or where the attack would take place.

British police are appealing to Eurostar passengers for any witness accounts of Friday’s deadly Paris attacks. He said the plane downing, along with recent attacks in Lebanon and Turkey made it clear that more pressure must be brought to bear on the Islamic extremists. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive investigation.

Mohamed Abdeslam, another brother of fugitive Salah Abdeslam, urged his brother to turn himself in. The US military said it killed Jihadi John in a Syrian drone strike Friday. Two then detonated suicide vests as police stormed the building, fatally shooting the third attacker.

“He appears to be the brains behind several planned attacks in Europe”, the source told Reuters. “I pray that Allah will break the backs of those who oppose him, his soldiers and his admirers, and that he will exterminate them”.

Paris remains on edge amid three days of official mourning. “We have arrested a lot of French people in Brussels and we are knowing that there are many people crossing all the time from one city to another one”. But any sound of loud bangs can send people scurrying for cover. “It’s a very weird atmosphere. The sirens and screaming are a source of fear”.