Interesting - I had always assumed that France has been spared any Al Qaeda attacks because its government has consistently rolled over to Islamists, supported the Palestinians' efforts to eradicate Israel, and supported Saddam Hussein. It had never occurred to be that France has more effective laws and law enforcement than the U.S. and the U.K., which keep the terrorists from being able to operate there.
This isn't rocket science, it's a natural fact that the terrorists are Arab men. Time to stop the PC nonsense and profile them like the Israelis do.
The first thing I thought of when I heard about these attacks was the Finsbury mosque. I don't think the Brits will have to look far to find the perps, if the government has the will to find them, that is.
More likely because the Terrorists know that the French are already expert at sabotaging their own system.