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Jihadi Media Company Praises Tunisia Attack, Calls For More Attacks On Western Tourists
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Following the deadly March 18, 2015 attack at the Bardo National Museum in Tunisia, in which 17 tourists and two Tunisians were killed, the Ifriqiyya media company, which is associated with jihad organizations in North Africa, released an article titled “Just Another Day – Commentary on the Blessed Attack on Bardo Museum.” The article states that the gunmen who carried out the attack, Yassine Laabidi and Hatem Khachnaoui, focused on killing infidels and “apostate” policemen and soldiers, and urges Muslims to carry out similar attacks, especially against tourists, with emphasis on French, British, American and Israeli nationals. It also suggests ways to kill tourists, suggesting to “drown them in the ocean, poison their food, bash their skulls with a rock, or suffocate them with pillows in their [hotel] rooms.” It lists what is calls the great achievements of the attack, including the harm to Tunisia’s tourism industry and economy, and threatens that additional attacks will be carried out soon, on unexpected targets throughout the country.
The following are excerpts from the article, which was posted on the jihadi forum Shumoukh Al-Islam:[1]
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After a long while, says the article, when the “counter-Islam” (i.e., counterterrorism) unit arrived and stormed the site, the gunmen shot the hostages and then fought back. Eventually they achieved their goal of attaining martyrdom, having delivered a harsh blow to the apostates [the Tunisian government] and their masters [the West], and having fulfilled what is said in the Koran (9:14): “Fight against them so that Allah will punish them by your hands and disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of a believing people.”
The article lists what it regards as the achievements of the operation, as follows:
1. The killing and wounding of dozens of infidels and Tunisian security personnel.
2. The operation exposed the ease of infiltrating sensitive sites.
3. The operation proved that using simple means and minimal planning, it is possible to deliver harsh blows to the regime and carry out deadly attacks even in secured and fortified locations. According to the article, the perpetrators only carried two AK-47 rifles and four grenades, and did not use explosive belts.
4. The regime’s lies were exposed, such as its claim that the perpetrators had killed a Muslim woman who worked at the museum.
5. The operation exposed the true face of “hypocrite” clerics who presume to be Salafis, and of politicians, journalists, and even Muslim Brotherhood members who were quick to condemn the attack.
6. The Tunisian stock market crashed following the attack: “The stock market collapsed as the result of the actions of only two individuals. What would have happened if it were a coordinated and simultaneous attack on several sensitive military and tourist locations?”
7. Tourism, which is an import source of revenue for the Tunisian economy, was badly damaged.
8. Many Tunisians were exposed as apostates when they sent condolences to the Western countries for their citizens who were killed.
9. The attack caused the countries of “Tunisia’s masters” (i.e. Western countries) to issue travel warnings for Tunisia. Additionally, it revealed “that Tunisia’s new rulers are agents of the French, and that Tunisia is still a French colony. Less than an hour after the operation commenced, the French prime minister issued a warning, a threat, and a condemnation, even before speaking to his tyrant Tunisian agents – the president and prime minister.”
