Tunisian Islamic Front

Tunisian Islamic Front

According to American counter-terrorism analysts the Tunisian Islamic Front is a group with ties to terrorism.

History

According to the Journal of the Middle Eastern Review of International Affairsthe Tunisian Islamic Group was founded by Rashid al-Ghannushi,who had previously founded the Nahda movement.cite news
url=http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/1998/issue2/jv2n2a2.html
title=Why radical muslims aren't taking over governments
publisher=Middle Eastern Review of International Affairs
author=Emmanuel Sivan
date=May 1998
volume=2
issue=2
accessdate=2008-05-06
quote=] The article discussed why radical Muslim groups don't agree to join in coalition governments.It stated that. in 1998, when it was published, Rashid al-Ghannushi was in exile in the United Kingdom.

ecurity concerns

The United States State Departmentreported the Tunisian Islamic Front claimed credit for murdering four policemen, and had warned all foreigners to leave Tunisiacite news
url=http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/terror_95/termid.htm
title=1995 Patterns of Global Terrorism
publisher=United States State Department
accessdate=2008-05-05
quote=Elsewhere in North Africa, incidents of terrorist violence were low. Tunisian authorities maintained effective control of the internal security situation and, in particular, closely followed the activities of the Tunisian Islamic Front, which claimed responsibility for the murders of four policemen and has warned all foreigners to leave Tunisia. In Morocco, an Egyptian detonated a bomb in the consular section of the Russian Embassy, evidently to protest Russian policy in Chechnya. Islamic extremists continued efforts to smuggle weapons through Morocco into Algeria to support extremists there.] ::

The Jamestown Foundation called the group "shadowy", and its strength "uncertain".cite news
url=http://jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=410&issue_id=3267&article_id=2369439
title=Tunisian Government threatened by Islamist group
publisher=The Jamestown Foundation
author=Stephen Ulph
date=March 17, 2005
volume=2
issue=6
accessdate=2008-05-05
quote=]

Alleged members and alleged associates

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