They went through Libya and Egypt to get there.
"Tunisia tries to halt calls for jihad" Associated Press July 21, 2014
TUNIS — Tunisian authorities said Sunday that all mosques and media calling for jihad are to be immediately closed in a bid to end a radical movement they fear will derail the nation’s move to democracy.
I have just the solution: occupation by US troops.
Eh? He? Eh? He?
The government announced the closing of mosques operating outside control of the Religious Affairs Ministry and places of worship that celebrated the killings last week of 15 Tunisian soldiers near the Algerian border.
It also announced the closing of unlicensed TV and radio stations that call for jihad and declare some people infidels.
Can touch this.
On Saturday, police arrested some 60 suspected Islamist radicals in sweeps through numerous regions.
The arrests followed attacks on two army posts on Mount Chaambi by an extremist group believed linked to Al Qaeda’s North Africa arm, which claimed responsibility for a recent army post attack.
So what is the Tunisian government doing that AmeriKa does not like?
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Related:
Turmoil in Tunisia
Tunisia Taken Over by "Al-CIA-Duh"
Time to take a time out. I'm so confused!
"Tunisia feels the crush from Libyan refugees" by Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Maggie Michael | Associated Press July 31, 2014
TUNIS — Up to 6,000 people a day have fled Libya into neighboring Tunisia this week, the Tunisian foreign minister said Wednesday, the biggest influx since Libya’s 2011 civil war in a sign of the spiraling turmoil as rival militias battle over control of the airport in the capital, Tripoli.
Related: Hifter Failed
The weeks-long fighting is the worst violence in the Libyan capital since the war. Nearly 100 people have been killed, 400 wounded, and much of the airport has been destroyed. A giant fire has been raging the past three days after shelling hit airport oil depots, forcing residents to evacuate, with firefighters largely unable to put it down because of clashes.
Many diplomats, including the US ambassador, have pulled out of the country. Fighting threatens the planned opening session of the newly elected Parliament on Aug. 4.
The violence is the latest chaos in a country where the central government, military, and security forces have had no control since the ouster of Moammar Khadafy in the 2011 civil war. Instead, rival militias have filled the void with varying loyalties to local commanders, some with Islamist ideologies, while on the political front Islamist politicians and their opponents wrangle for control.
Foreign Minister Monji Hamdi said that Libyans were coming at a rate of 5,000 to 6,000 a day and that the rate was increasing. He said Tunisia cannot absorb large numbers of refugees and warned his government could close the border.
‘‘Our absolute priority is the security and stability of Tunisia,’’ he told reporters in Tunis.
Opponents accuse the Islamists of using militias sympathetic to them to try to consolidate their grip over the country after losing elections. Islamists, in turn, accuse their opponents of using militias to crush democracy over the past year.
The moderates did win the election, and then got dumped.
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Related: By noon Thursday, more than 10,000 Libyans fled by land across the border into neighboring Tunisia over the previous 12 hours, Tunisia’s state news agency reported.
Related: By noon Thursday, more than 10,000 Libyans fled by land across the border into neighboring Tunisia over the previous 12 hours, Tunisia’s state news agency reported.
"Tunisia closed its main border crossing with Libya after thousands of stranded Egyptian and foreign nationals, fleeing the violence in Libya, tried to break through the passage, the Tunisian news agency said. It was the second eruption of unrest at the border in as many days. Tunisia is the only escape route as fighting escalates in the Libyan capital, Tripoli."
Why did Gaza just pop into my mind?
Why did Gaza just pop into my mind?
