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ByJameyKeaten The Associated Press PARIS As many as six members of a terrorist cell involved in the Paris at- tacks may still be at large, including a man who was seen driving a car regis- tered to the widow of one of the gunmen, French po- lice said Monday. The disclosure came as France deployed 10,000 troops to protect sensitive sites — including Jewish schools and neighborhoods — in the wake of the at- tacks that killed 17 people last week. Brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi and their friend, Amedy Coulibaly, were killed Friday by police af- ter a murderous spree at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a ko- sher supermarket. The three all claimed ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East. Two police officials told The Associated Press that authorities were searching the Paris area for the Mini Cooper registered to Hayat Boumeddiene, Coulibaly's widow. Turkish officials say she is now in Syria. One of the police offi- cials said the cell consisted of about 10 members, and that "five or six could still be at large," but he did not provide their names. The other official said the cell was made up of about eight people and included Boumeddiene. One of the other men believed to be part of the cell has been seen driving Boumeddiene's car around Paris in recent days, the two officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not au- thorized to discuss the in- vestigation with the media. They cautioned that it was not clear whether the driver was an operative, involved in logistics, or had some other, less-violent role in the cell. An Interior Ministry of- ficial declined to comment on an ongoing investiga- tion, and a spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor's office was not immediately available for comment. One of the police offi- cials also said Coulibaly ap- parently set off a car bomb Thursday in the town of Villejuif, but no one was in- jured and it did not receive significant media attention at the time. Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the manhunt is urgent because "the threat is still present" from the at- tacks. "The work on these at- tacks, on these terrorist and barbaric acts contin- ues ... because we consider that there are most proba- bly some possible accom- plices," Valls told BFM tele- vision. The nationwide deploy- ment of troops would be completed by Tuesday and would focus on the most sensitive locations, De- fense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. By midday Monday, sol- diers and police filled Paris' Marais district — one of the country's oldest Jew- ish neighborhoods. About 4,700 of the security forces would be assigned to pro- tect France's 717 Jewish schools, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. "A little girl was telling me earlier that she wanted to live in peace and learn in peace in her school," Ca- zeneuve said on a visit to a Paris Jewish classroom, where the walls were cov- ered with children's draw- ings of smiling faces. "That's what the govern- ment, that's what the Re- public, owes to all the chil- dren in France: security in all schools, especially in the schools that could be threatened," he added. The children listened and waved Israeli and French flags. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vis- ited the kosher market. Volunteers, meanwhile, re- cited prayers over the bod- ies of some victims as they were prepared for burial by the Jewish Burial Society in Paris. NETWORK Asmanyas6Paristerrorsuspects may be at large, French police say By Julie Pace The Associated Press WASHINGTON In a rare admission of error, the White House said Mon- day that President Barack Obama or another high- level representative should have joined dozens of world leaders at an anti- terror rally in Paris. While leaders from Eu- rope, the Middle East and Africa linked arms for Sunday's march through the boulevards of Paris, the United States was rep- resented by its ambassa- dor to France. Attorney General Eric Holder was in Paris for security meet- ings but did not attend the march. "It's fair to say we should have sent someone with a higher profile," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. The admin- istration also announced that Secretary of State John Kerry, who was on a long-planned trip to India Sunday, will visit France later this week. The White House ap- peared to have been caught off guard by both the scope of international represen- tation at the rally and by the criticism of the deci- sion to send only Ambassa- dor Jane Hartley. Monday's admission of error seemed aimed at blunting criticism that the decision was tone deaf or disrespectful of the longstanding U.S. alliance with France. Before the White House acknowledged its misstep, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said the ad- ministration had made a mistake by not at least sending Holder or Kerry to attend the Sunday rally. And Sen. Ted Cruz, R- Texas, wrote in an op-ed article posted online Mon- day by Time Magazine, "Our president should have been there, because we must never hesitate to stand with our allies." Some Obama adminis- tration officials, too, pri- vately expressed frustra- tion that a high-level U.S. representative did not par- ticipate in the march. Ear- nest said the White House took the blame but that Obama himself was not personally involved in the decision. Earnest would not say who was responsi- ble for deciding the admin- istration's participation in the event. The fallout from the weekend rally underscored the degree to which the Obama White House has sometimes struggled with the potential importance of symbolic gestures. "Part of this job is the theater of it," Obama said last summer amid crit- icism that he had gone golfing just minutes af- ter speaking about the be- heading of an American journalist in Syria. "It's not something that comes naturally to me. But it mat- ters. And I'm mindful of that." Earnest suggested it was the elaborate security ap- paratus required for pres- idential travel that prohib- ited Obama, as well as Vice President Joe Biden, from traveling to Paris on rela- tively short notice. "There's no doubt that had the president or vice president, on this very short time frame, gone to partici- pate in this event that took place outdoors with more than a million people in attendance, that it would have significantly impacted the ability of those who at- tended themarch topartici- pate in the way they did yes- terday," he said. Planning for presiden- tial travel overseas often begins months in advance, and security personnel typically arrive days ahead of Obama. However, trips are occasionally pulled to- gether more quickly, in- cluding last year when Obama traveled to South Africa for a memorial ser- vice following the death of Nelson Mandela Dozens of world leaders did attend the march in Paris Sunday, including Is- raeli Prime Minister Ben- jamin Netanyahu, Pales- tinian President Mahmoud Abbas, British Prime Min- ister David Cameron and German Chancellor An- gela Merkel. Smaller marches were held in cities around the world, including one in Washington, just a few blocks from the White House. Assistant Secre- tary of State Victoria Nu- land attended that event. Earnest said that de- spite the lack of a high- level U.S. official at the Paris march, there should be no doubt about Obama's commitment to America's alliance with France. ANTI-TERROR RALLY White House says high official should have gone to Paris THIBAULTCAMUS—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS French President Francois Hollande embraces German Chancellor Angela Merkel, le , as she arrives at the Elysee Palace, Paris, on Sunday. By Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra The Associated Press BAGHDAD In the eyes of most Iraqis, their country's best ally in the war against the Islamic State group is not the United States and the coalition air campaign against the militants. It's Iran, which is credited with stopping the extrem- ists' march on Baghdad. Shiite, non-Arab Iran has effectively taken charge of Iraq's defense against the Sunni radical group, meet- ing the Iraqi government's need for immediate help on the ground. Two to three Iranian mil- itary aircraft a day land at Baghdad airport, bringing in weapons and ammuni- tion. Iran's most potent mil- itary force and best known general — the Revolution- ary Guard's elite Quds Force and its commander Gen. Ghasem Soleimani — are organizing Iraqi forces and have become the de facto leaders of Iraqi Shiite mi- litias that are the backbone of the fight. Iran carried out airstrikes to help push mil- itants from an Iraqi prov- ince on its border. The result is that Teh- ran's influence in Iraq, al- ready high since U.S. forces left at the end of 2011, has grown to an unprecedented level. Airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition have helped push back the militants in parts of the north, including breaking a siege of a Shiite town. But many Iraqis be- lieve the Americans mainly want to help the Kurds. Airstrikes helped Kurd- ish forces stop extremists threatening the capital of the Kurdish autonomous zone, Irbil, in August. But even that feat is accorded by many Iraqis to a timely air- lift of Iranian arms to the Kurds. The meltdown of Iraq's military in the face of the extremists' summer blitz across much of northern and western Iraq gave Iran the opportunity to step in. A flood of Shiite volunteers joined the fight to fill the void, bolstering the ranks of Shiite militias already allied with Iran. Those militias have now been more or less in- tegrated into Iraq's offi- cial security apparatus, an Iraqi government official said, calling this the Islamic State group's "biggest gift" to Tehran. "Iran's hold on Iraq grows tighter and faster ev- ery day," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not autho- rized to discuss the sensi- tive subject. Over the past year, Iran sold Iraq nearly $10 bil- lion worth of weapons and hardware, mostly weapons for urban warfare like as- sault rifles, heavy machine- guns and rocket launchers, he said. The daily stream of Iranian cargo planes bring- ing weapons to Baghdad was confirmed at a news conference by a former Shiite militia leader, Ja- mal Jaafar. Better known by his alias Abu Mahdi al- Mohandis, Jaafar is sec- ond in command of the re- cently created state agency in charge of volunteer fight- ers. Some Sunnis are clearly worried. Sunni lawmaker Mohammed al-Karbuly said the United States must in- crease its support of Iraq against the extremists in order to reduce Iran's in- fluence. "Iran now dominates Iraq," he said. Equally key to Iran's growing influence has been a persistent suspicion of Washington's intentions, particularly among Shiite militiamen. Hadi al-Amiri, a promi- nent Shiite politician close to Iran and leader of the powerful Badr militia, com- plained in a recent televi- sion interview that Iraq was a victim of decades of "wrong" U.S. policies in the Middle East. He charged that the precursors of the region's Sunni extremists had in the past enjoyed U.S. patronage. "We fear that the objec- tive of the U.S.-led coalition is to contain Daesh, rather than exterminate it," he said, using the Arabic ac- ronym for the Islamic State group. GROWING INFLUENCE Iran eclipses US as Iraq's ally against militants 7790 Hwy. 99 E Los Molinos , CA 96055 (530) 520-5026 Kacklin'Sisters Kreations ✢ Antiques ✢ Collectibles ✢ Re-Purposed Items ✢ Shabby Chic Items ✢ Hand Crafted Items for Home & Garde n HOURS: 10am to 5pm Wednesday thru Saturday Come see our markdowns on most items in the store!! 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