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Reprisal fears cloud Libya probe into US consulate attack
Several jihadists recruitment cells dismantled in the Maghreb
African and Arab Islamist leaders met in Nouakchott last week for a conference that focused on opportunities for Islamists after the Arab Spring, including moving from an opposition role to running states. Extremist imam Bechir Ben Hassen issued a fatwa on Facebook against wishing someone a merry Christmas or a happy New Year.
Tunisia, Algeria sign security pact
Tunisia foils al-Qaeda expansion plan
Authorities announced on Friday the arrest of 16 members of a cell linked to Ansar al Sharia; the group later released photos of FBI agents. Hundreds of Islamists affiliated with the ruling Ennahda party broke up a meeting of the secular Nidaa Tounes party. The attack was blamed on the League for the Protection of the Revolution.
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia releases pictures of FBI agents
Al-Bayariq Media Foundation, Ansar al Sharia Tunisia's media outfit, has released photos purportedly showing three FBI agents who questioned Ali al Harzi, a suspect in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. The three FBI agents reportedly questioned Harzi about the attack in Benghazi, as well as the Sept. 14 assault on the US Embassy in Tunis.FBI question Benghazi consulate attack suspect
Tunisian government arrests al Qaeda cell tied to Ansar al Sharia
The Tunisian government has arrested members of a terrorist cell trained by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Tunisia's interior minister says that members of the cell were "active within" Ansar al Sharia Tunisia.Al-Qaeda seeks foothold in Libya
Salafists protested in the town of Menzel Bourguiba in Bizerte governorate against the detention of Salafists jailed over the Sept. 14 attack on the US Embassy in Tunis. They also called for clarification of the legal process against Abou Iyadh (a.k.a. Saif Allah ben Hassine), the leader of the Tunisian Salafist Ansar al-Sharia group, who has been linked to the attack but not charged.
Al-Qaeda-affiliated cell dismantled in Tunisia
The League for the Protection of the Revolution, an Islamist group linked to the ruling Ennahda party, organized a "flash mob" demonstration in Sousse to protest the influence of Tunisia's media. On Monday protesters in Sidi Bouzid, the cradle of Tunisia's Arab Spring, threw rocks at Tunisia's president and parliamentary speaker.
Tunisia: Islamists lose popular trust
Tunisians, angry and betrayed, gather two years after uprising
Security forces broke up an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb recruiting network. Seven members of the cell have been arrested, and security forces are looking for more members in the Jendouba area.
Security forces investigating a Salafist group in El Kef found a large quantity of weapons and ammunition in a raid on a house in Tajerouine; two persons escaped during the raid, but a suspect linked to a recent Salafist arms trafficking incident was arrested.
Moroccans Fear That Flickers of Democracy Are Fading
Extremism threatens Tunisia schools
A policeman was killed in a gunfight in Kasserine after "five suspicious bearded men" were seen in the area. Two days prior, two men from the Salafist stronghold of Jendouba near Kasserine were detained.
