It has been front page news since Wednesday and has France in a state of shock and fear. Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen has said they directed the attack. That "branch" had two earlier failures, the underwear bombler plot and in 2010 tried to send bombs in packages to targets in the US.

What you may not know is that French authorities had both Kouachi brothers under close surveillance after returning fom Yemen where they were trained. However they reduced the surveillance once they believed the brothers led a normal life.

My heart goes out to the families of the hostages that were murdered. To the people of France who now will live in a more heightened state of fear...Je ne ai pas peur, Nous sommes avec vous!

To Al-Qaida...*&%$ you and what you believe you are doing.