(AFP) The head of France's internal intelligence agency DGSI, Patrick Calvar, has warned that the country is "clearly targeted" by the Islamic State. He told a parliamentary committee on national defense on May 10, "We know that Daesh (IS) is planning new attacks - using fighters in the area, taking routes which facilitate access to our territory - and that France is clearly targeted." He viewed France as "the country most threatened" by IS as well as al-Qaeda, which he said wants to "restore its image."
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