FRANCE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE 17,000 PEOPLE IT LABELS POTENTIAL TERRORISTS
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The motel where Kamel Daoudi is under house arrest is seen in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France, March 8, 2017. Daoudi attended an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan and was convicted for plotting to bomb the American embassy in Paris in 2001, but he maintains he was never part of any such plot.
Kamel Daoudi, who has been under house arrest since 2008, eats breakfast at the motel he stays at in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France, March 8, 2017. Daoudi attended an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan and was convicted for plotting to bomb the American embassy in Paris in 2001, but he maintains he was never part of any such plot.
Kamel Daoudi, who has been under house arrest since 2008, rides his bicycle to the Gendarmerie of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France, March 8, 2017, where he has to check in four times a day. Daoudi attended an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan and was convicted for plotting to bomb the American embassy in Paris in 2001, but he maintains he was never part of any such plot.
Kamel Daoudi, who has been under house arrest since 2008, waits to be buzzed in at the Gendarmerie of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France, March 8, 2017, where he has to check in four times a day. Daoudi attended an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan and was convicted for plotting to bomb the American embassy in Paris in 2001, but he maintains he was never part of any such plot.
Kamel Daoudi, who has been under house arrest since 2008, sips a coffee at the Bar de l'Hôtel de Ville of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France, March 8, 2017. Daoudi attended an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan and was convicted for plotting to bomb the American embassy in Paris in 2001, but he maintains he was never part of any such plot.
Kamel Daoudi, who has been under house arrest since 2008, has his hair cut by his friend Mehdi in the Bar de l'Hôtel de Ville of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France, March 8, 2017. Daoudi attended an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan and was convicted for plotting to bomb the American embassy in Paris in 2001, but he maintains he was never part of any such plot.
Kamel Daoudi, who has been under house arrest since 2008, speaks with his friend Mehdi outside the Bar de l'Hôtel de Ville of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France, March 8, 2017. Daoudi attended an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan and was convicted for plotting to bomb the American embassy in Paris in 2001, but he maintains he was never part of any such plot.
Véronique Loute shows pictures of her late son Sammy Djedou at a cafe in Brussels, Belgium, March 2, 2017. Sammy Djedou joined ISIS in Syria in 2014 and was killed in an American drone strike on December 4, 2016, in Raqqa, according to the Pentagon, who said he helped plan the Bataclan attacks in Paris.
Véronique Loute, whose son Sammy Djedou joined ISIS in 2014, sits at a cafe in Brussels, Belgium, March 2, 2017. Sammy Djedou was killed in an American drone strike on December 4, 2016, in Raqqa, according to the Pentagon, who said he helped plan the Bataclan attacks in Paris.
Christine Morin, son of ISIS fighter Thomas Morin, sits at a restaurant in Narbonne, France, March 9, 2017. Thomas, 27, joined ISIS two years ago. Christine recently tried to find him along the Turkish-Syrian border but came back empty-handed.
Christine Morin shows a picture of an ISIS fighter she though was her son Thomas in Narbonne, France, March 9, 2017. Thomas, 27, joined ISIS two years ago. Christine recently tried to find him along the Turkish-Syrian border but came back empty-handed.
Geraldine Geraldine Henneghien, whose son Anis Abou Bram joined ISIS in Syria in 2014, walks in a park in Brussels, Belgium, March 4, 2017. Geraldine learned her Anis was killed in an airstrike in 2015 when an ISIS combatant fighting alongside Anis called her and told her.
Jihadism specialist Dounia Bouzar poses for a picture in Paris, France, March 3, 2017. Bouzar's theories have been criticized by other specialists.
Jihadism specialist Dounia Bouzar points to a slide in one of her presentations about how ISIS recruiters function in Paris, France, March 3, 2017. Bouzar's theories have been criticized by other specialists.
Stéphane Gatignon, the mayor of Paris suburb Sevran, stands at his desk in City Hall in Sevran, France, March 16, 2017. Dozens of young people from Sevran left to join ISIS over the years. Gatignon argues that all sectors of society are guilty in allowing this to happen.
A man looks back at a crime scene where police arrested a man on the terrorist watch list with gas tanks in his car in Brussels, Belgium, March 2, 2017. The Bataclan attacks in Paris were planned in large part in Brussels.
Former Guantanamo detainee Mourad Benchellali stands in the Gare de Lyon in Lyon, France, March 7, 2017. Benchellali attended an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in 2001, but he maintains he was tricked into joining the camp by his older brother, who told him he would be going on vacation.