Posted on 09/23/2011 4:48:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Clashes this week between Tunisian soldiers and an armed group that crossed the border from Algeria left six dead among the infiltrators, a western diplomatic source said Friday...
A regional security source who asked not to be named said that "it was about a score of heavily armed terrorists of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) who attacked the Tunisian troops."
The fighting took place on Wednesday when the Tunisian army neutralised an armed convoy of nine vehicles fitted with anti-aircraft guns that crossed over from the Algerian desert near Bir Znigra...
According to the diplomatic source, seven attackers were taken prisoner and the group was probably made up of Algerians and Libyans...
According to the defence spokesman, Colonel Mokhtar Ben Naceur, the armed men "came from our Algerian neighbour, where they were being pursued. They came into Tunisia to hide and not to attack us."
(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...
A map of the Sahel region showing where Al Qaeda operates (AFP/Graphic)
You managed to find the one map that doesn’t show Tunisia? ;-)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
