NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said the deadly attacks in Paris highlight a fight between extremists and supporters of democratic values rather than one between the Islamic and western worlds. In a brief telephone interview with AFP, Stoltenberg said the attacks would only strengthen the resolve of supporters of democracy who will ultimately win the fight because they have “superior values.”
Islamic State jihadists yesterday claimed a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers in Paris that killed nearly 130 people in scenes of carnage at a concert hall, restaurants and the national stadium. “The important thing now is to underline how much we condemn the atrocities and the attacks on innocent people in Paris last night,” Stoltenberg said after his office proposed the interview to AFP and other media.