Nine men were convicted on terrorism charges last week, after six of the suspects were arrested when the Tunisian government intercepted a letter from a Tunisian man in Iraq warning the other men to leave Tunisia and travel to Algeria, where they would meet up with a group from al-Qaida on a train. The author of the letter was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq in 2005, but his brother (most likely the recipient of the letter, though the article did not say) was one of the convicted men. After arresting these six men, the other three were arrested in Tunisia shortly after they had returned from Syria. All nine were charged “with membership in a terrorist organization, inciting terrorist acts and raising funds for terrorism”.
December 2, 2007...3:51 pm
Tunisia: 9 Convicted on Terror Charges (Eve)
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December 2, 2007 at 3:52 pm
I forgot the link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112702868.html
December 2, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Hmm… the Tunisian Cultural Center lady said that there was no terrorism in Tunisia… how can the executive “branch” ( I don’t know how the government is separated) deny terrorism if the judiciary is acknowledging it?