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by jfengel 2055 days ago
France has a long, ugly history of colonization in Islamic countries in Africa. That left a very strong negative feeling, not entirely unlike Iran shows towards the US. That makes France a target for terrorism -- not because they expect anything from France, but because of the ways terrorism is promulgated, as resentment looking for a target to strike at.

If you're interested, I'd start here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War