Hundreds of French citizens have joined radical groups in Syria and Iraq

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Hundreds of French citizens have gone to fight with radical Islamic groups in Syria or Iraq, France's government says — perhaps more than from any other European country.

This week's attack on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo has brought that issue to the fore, as authorities continue their manhunt for two French nationals, one of whom had previously been caught trying to join the Iraqi insurgency.

See also: Multiple mosques attacked in France following Charlie Hebdo killings

The two suspects at large, brothers Chérif and Said Kouachi, are French nationals who were born to Algerian parents in Paris. (A third suspect, 18-year-old Mourad Hamyd, turned himself in to police Wednesday; his classmates say he was in school at the time of the attacks.) Read more...

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