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Islamic group vows fight over Tunisia head scarf ban TUNIS, Tunisia: A statement posted Monday on an Islamic Web site in the name of a militant group promised a fight against Tunisia's president in response to an official ban on women wearing head scarves in public buildings. The statement purported to come from The Youth of Tawhid and Jihad in Tunisia, a group not previously linked to the country. The statement suggested the group was involved in a gun battle last Wednesday with the authorities. The Interior Ministry had acknowledged there was a gun battle with police, but did not specify who was involved, saying only that several "dangerous criminals" had been killed, the official TAP news agency reported at the time. The clash was the second within weeks in Tunisia, where such violence is unusual. "The mujahideen youth who engaged in fighting with the elements of the despot are a bunch of the best youth in the country ... not criminals," the statement said. <http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/07/africa/keep%20web.0107tavernise.webo nly.php> "For this, the faithful youth of Tunisia have declared jihad (holy war) and fighting against the despot to stop his harm to the Muslims in general and the veiled Muslim women in particular," the statement continued. Tunisia, which bans Muslim head scarves in public buildings, prides itself on promoting women's rights. The name Tawhid and Jihad - Arabic for monotheism and Holy War - has been used by militant groups in several countries where there are sympathies for the al-Qaida terror network. The name was initially used by the group al-Qaida in Iraq. However, it has not in the past been identified with Tunisia, where the banned Ennahda, or Renaissance, party has spawned militants. Witnesses had reported a clash last Wednesday in the town of Soliman, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the capital, Tunis. Two people were killed in a similar incident in December in the Tunis suburb of Hammam-lif. Authorities said only that the victims were part of a criminal gang. Two officers were injured and two alleged gang members were arrested in the Dec. 23 clash, local newspapers reported. Tunisia's political system bans dissenters, leading to regular complaints by local and international human rights activists. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
