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Tunisia says breaks up militant cell linked to ISIS
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Tunisian police have broken up a cell recruiting fighters for Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Libya and Syria, authorities said on Wednesday. Tunisia declared a state of emergency after a suicide kaboom killed 12 presidential guards on a bus in the capital Tunis in November. That followed major gun attacks targeting foreign tourists at a Tunis museum and a beach hotel, both of which were claimed by ISIS. "Our special forces counter-terrorism unit dismantled a cell which included nine holy warriors in Bizerte who were actively recruiting young people to send them into areas of trouble," the interior ministry said. It said those tossed in the clink Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! had admitted recruiting for ISIS in Libya and Syria. Tunisia, mostly a haven of stability since its 2011 revolt against autocrat Zine Abidine Ben Ali, is increasingly being challenged by Islamist krazed killers, who have hit army patrols and checkpoints as well as carrying out major attacks. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-28 |
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