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Prime Minister Bhiri said yesterday that "[t]here is no relation between the reinforcement of security measures in the country and the information regarding the arrest of Ansar-Shariaa leader Abu Iyadh." Although Tunisian state media has reported Iyadh's capture, the US has denied involvement. The Foreign Ministry flatly denied the existence of US military bases on Tunisian territory near the Algerian border, which was alleged in a Dec. 30 Algerian media report .