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| Tunisian jihadists call for uprising anniversary demo |
| 2013-12-17 |
| [Al Ahram] Tunisia's banned jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libya, Tunisia and Yemen, with the Libyan and Tunisian versions currently most active... designated a "terrorist organization" by the authorities, has called for a demonstration Tuesday in central Tunis to mark the third anniversary of the revolution. "The struggle is mandatory and it must be a popular struggle... which is why we extend our hands to anyone wanting to stand up to repression and we support the planned protest at the Kasbah on Tuesday," the group said on its official Facebook page. "We must struggle against the tyranny of the authorities by all means possible," added the group, which is blamed for killing two leftist opposition MPs in separate attacks earlier this year. It called on the people to carry with them "the anger of the orphans, the widows, the oppressed, the families of deaders and detainees, and those who have suffered torture and oppression." The authorities did not immediately respond to Ansar al-Sharia's call, which comes as Tunisia prepares to mark the third anniversary of the start of the revolution that toppled former strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. |
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