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On November 23 I saw this article on Al Jazeera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x94vKDYX7WU.
In the video (18:50) they show the flag of Ansar al Sharia (Tunisia). Ansar al
Sharia means followers of Sharia "Ansar al-Sharia or Ansar al-Shariah is a name
used by a collection of radical or militant Islamist groups or militias, in at
least seven countries. While they share names and ideology, they lack a unified
command structure. They
are:
Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen)
Ansar al-Sharia
(Libya)
Ansar al-Sharia (Derna, Libya)
Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia)
Ansar al-Sharia (Mali)
Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt)
Ansar al-Sharia
(Mauritania)
Ansar al-Sharia (Morocco)
Ansar al-Sharia (Yarmouk Area)
Ansar al-Sharia (Syria)
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_al-Sharia
Ansar al-Sharia in
Tunisia is a radical Islamist group that operates in Tunisia. It has around
1,000 people as part of the movement. It has been listed as a terrorist group by
the Tunisian government as well as the government of the United States of
America.
Following the Tunisian revolution, many Islamist political
prisoners held by the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali were released, including
Abu Ayadh al-Tunisi, who had previously co-founded the Tunisian Combat Group
with Tarek Maaroufi in June 2000.
Abu Ayadh founded Ansar al-Sharia in
late April 2011. The group quickly established a media branch, al-Qairawan Media
Foundation, and developed different media outlets including a blog, Facebook
page, and a magazine
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_al-Sharia_%28Tunisia%29
It is the
most pronounced jihadist organization in Tunisia with a supportive ideology to
that of al-Qaeda
Source:
http://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/ansar-al-sharia-tunisia-ast
Its flag is the same as Isis flag but in inverted
colors, that is: a white horizontal flag, with the Shahada in black, on top, and
the seal of Muhammad on the middle in black and the name below as seen in this
picture:
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Tunisia-declares-Salafist-Ansar-al-Sharia-group-terrorist-organization.jpg
(Source:
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2013/08/102211/tunisia-declares-salafist-ansar-al-sharia-group-terrorist-organization/)
There's also yet another group called al-Qaeda in Tunisia, or AQIM
(al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) (Qaedat
al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Maghrib al-Islami) in Tunisia or even Ansar al-Sharia #2
which emerged when AQIM announced the formation of a new wing in Tunisia
during the end of January 2014. The integration of Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia
and the Okba Ibn Nafaa katibat (dubbed by the media al Qaeda in Tunisia) is yet
to be named by AQIM. Ansar al Sharia Tunisia and Abou Lyadth, the leader of AQIM in Algeria,
Abdelmalek Droukdel, appointed Chaieb (aka Lokman Abou Sakhr, an Algerian
national) as emir of the organisation there with replacing Abou Lyadh, leader
of Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (apprehended during December 2013 in Libya and
accused of being the mastermind behind the USA embassy attack in Tunis, on 14
September 2012).
For additional information go to Ansar al-Sharia
(official websites): https://twitter.com/AnsarShariaa_tn (Twitter)
Esteban Rivera, 25 November 2014
