"France and those who follow its path must know that they remain the principal targets of the Islamic State," the statement added.
"I have no doubt there are lawyers walking the streets of the north of Ireland who have become targets for assassins' bullets as result of the statement that has been made tonight," he said.
Lawyers for another A.I.G. executive who was a target of the investigation, Andrew Forster, said in a statement that their client had been cleared as well.
The military said in a statement that the target of the strike, Muhammad Najar, 23, was "involved in planning a massive terror attack in the heart of Israel," and that the pinpoint killing had disrupted those plans.
The Israeli military said in a statement that the main target of the strike on Thursday was Essam al-Batsh, 43, a senior operative of Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, a group in Gaza that is nominally associated with Fatah, the party led by the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas.
The Israeli military said in a statement that the main target of the missile was Essam al-Batsh, 43, a senior operative of Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, a group in Gaza nominally associated with Fatah, the party led by the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas.
Many church experts say Ryan's views stand in contrast to traditional Catholic teaching on social justice, and Ryan's policies have been the target of sharply critical statements from politically active nuns and the hierarchy's own committee that deals with poverty and domestic issues.
In a section on the likely targets, the statement pointed to symbols of government such as the military, police and security agencies, but added that indiscriminate attacks were increasing.
"MINUSMA is outraged at the cowardice of attackers who also targeted innocent civilians," the statement read.
In an interview, Archbishop Myers said Mr. McGreevey was not the target of statements he had made in a pastoral letter saying that Catholic officeholders who did not share the Vatican's opposition to abortion should not seek communion.
