From 194c3917d5f7780823df2286bfc605ec5900c67a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andres Rey
“Our nation is in danger,” Essid declared in a televised address Wednesday evening. He vowed that the country would be “merciless” in defending itself.
-[Read: Why Tunisia, Arab Spring’s sole success story, suffers from Islamist violence] +
[Read: Why Tunisia, Arab Spring’s sole success story, suffers from Islamist violence]
Tunisia, a mostly Muslim nation of about 11 million people, was governed for decades by autocrats who imposed secularism. Its sun-drenched Mediterranean @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ said the U.S. government was willing to assist Tunisian authorities in the investigation.
Gunmen in military uniforms stormed Tunisia's national museum, killing at least 19 people, most of them foreign tourists. (Reuters) + +
Gunmen in military uniforms stormed Tunisia's national museum, killing at least 19 people, most of them foreign tourists. (Reuters)
“This attack today is meant to threaten authorities, to frighten tourists @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Council, an industry body. The Bardo museum hosts one of the world’s most outstanding collections of Roman mosaics and is popular with tourists and Tunisians alike.
-[Bardo museum houses amazing Roman treasures] +
[Bardo museum houses amazing Roman treasures]
The attack is “also aimed at the country’s security and stability during the transition period,” Azzouz said. “And it could have political repercussions @@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ be pressured to stage a wider crackdown on Islamists of all stripes. Lawmakers are drafting an anti-terrorism bill to give security forces additional tools to fight militants.
- -[Read: Tunisia sends most foreign fighters to Islamic State in Syria] + +
[Read: Tunisia sends most foreign fighters to Islamic State in Syria]
“We must pay attention to what is written” in that law, Azzouz said. “There is worry the government will use the attack to justify some draconian measures.”
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ fire for what many Tunisians saw as a failure to crack down on Islamist extremists.Map: Flow of foreign fighters to Syria +
Map: Flow of foreign fighters to Syria
After the collapse of the authoritarian system in 2011, hard-line Muslims known as Salafists attacked bars and art galleries. Then, in 2012, hundreds @@ -127,18 +127,18 @@
The last major attack on a civilian target in Tunisia was in 2002, when al-Qaeda militants killed more than 20 people in a car bombing outside a synagogue in the city of Djerba.
- +Heba Habib contributed to this report.
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Read more:
-Tunisia’s Islamists get a sobering lesson in governing +
Tunisia’s Islamists get a sobering lesson in governing
-Tunisia sends most foreign fighters to Islamic State in Syria +
Tunisia sends most foreign fighters to Islamic State in Syria
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