Horse Hockey!
However, an Algerian newspaper said they had arrived in cars painted in the colours of state energy company Sonatrach, but registered in neighbouring Libya, a country awash with arms since Muammar Gaddafi's fall in 2011.
This obviously was already planned, and in full swing before the French attacks in Mali.
/bingo
I’m surprised we haven’t yet read, “ultimately, the motivation for the attack is rooted in a controversial YouTube video which was critical of Islam.”