Tunisia arrests Ansar al Sharia member in connection with US Embassy assault
The Tunisian government arrested Bilel Chaouachi, a Salafist imam who has openly praised Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri, earlier this week. Chaouachi was allegedly involved in the storming of the US Embassy in Tunis days after terrorists struck the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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"Bilel Chaouachi is suspected of involvement in the September 14 events of the attack on the embassy and the American school, but before that there is another case pending against him for incitement to violence," Tunisian Interior Ministry spokesman Khaled Tarrouche explained, according to Kapitalis magazine.
Chaouachi appeared on Ettounsiya TV shortly before his arrest.he said the government was responsible for recent clashes with police and caused consternation when he praised Osama Bin Layden and Ayman Al Zawahiri of Al Qaeda. Zawahiri encouraged violence in Tunisia in a recent video.
Tunisian officials maintain that Chaouachi's television appearance was not the reason for his arrest, with the Interior Ministry saying it was "a simple coincidence." The head of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia is Seifullah Ben Hassine ( Abu Iyadh), is also wanted in connection with the 14 September assault on the US Embssy in Tunisia.
Chaouachi appeared on Ettounsiya TV shortly before his arrest.he said the government was responsible for recent clashes with police and caused consternation when he praised Osama Bin Layden and Ayman Al Zawahiri of Al Qaeda. Zawahiri encouraged violence in Tunisia in a recent video.
Tunisian officials maintain that Chaouachi's television appearance was not the reason for his arrest, with the Interior Ministry saying it was "a simple coincidence." The head of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia is Seifullah Ben Hassine ( Abu Iyadh), is also wanted in connection with the 14 September assault on the US Embssy in Tunisia.
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