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TUNISIA TERROR: Suspect ‘Monitored’ Prior to Shooting at Bardo Museum
21st Century Wire says…
We’ve been told that Tunisian intelligence services had been ‘monitoring’ one of the main suspects in the Bardo Museum shooting…
According to reports, authorities have arrested nine people in connection with Wednesday’s attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia. In an official statement by Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi, four of the nine in custody are believed to be directly linked to the museum shooting.
On Thursday, the overall death toll was said to risen to 23 people according to Tunisian Health Minister Said Aidi, along with another fifty injured.
IMAGE: ‘Twitter Terror’ – Social media has become an indispensable tool to present all kinds of information. Here we have an image of the alleged hostages held during the Bardo Museum attack. (Photo link telegraph.co.uk)
Planting the Seed
Predictably, this latest event in Tunisia is not without some ‘questionable’ activity prior to the museum shooting, as Tunisian security services knew at least one suspect as mentioned by media outlets globally, including this excerpt from a recent CNN report:
“Earlier Thursday, Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid identified two suspects, Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaou, in an interview with French radio station RTL. It’s not clear if those two men were the pair killed at the museum by Tunisian security forces, or if it’s possible they’re the same people as those identified — using new names — in ISIS’ audio statement.
Labidi was “known to the security services, he was flagged and monitored,” Essid said. But he added the man wasn’t known or being followed for anything special.”
As 21 WIRE has noted a number of times, many so-called ‘terror events’ involve individuals being monitored by security services prior to an alleged act taking place. In fact, very often those being watched by authorities, depict all the tell-tale signs of an informant for either a law enforcement or intelligence agency. Historically, government operators have often made use of low-life criminals, and mentally disturbed individuals as part of a larger agenda, domestically and abroad.
Time and time again, we’ve seen this same choreographed terror propaganda being pushed by mass media and authorities - only to be exposed at a later date.
Alleged terrorists and security agencies have a dicey relationship, making the recent shooting at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia highly suspect in nature. In less than a year, the public has been inundated with a number of theatrical shootings, such as the Paris Shootings at Charlie Hebdo, the aftermath that followed, along with Ottawa’s Parliament Hill shooting and the ‘Sydney Siege‘ which took place just before the holidays in 2014.
As we learn that ISIS has now claimed responsibility for the attack in Tunisia – its worth observing the set of patterns often seen in during these events:
- Suspect or suspects have alleged connections to terror or terror networks.
- Suspect or suspects has radicalized views on religion used to polarize the public.
- Sensational media projections to bring in additional storylines for dramatic effect.
- There is an unknown motive for the crime committed – followed quickly by a ‘presumed’ motive without evidence.
- Politicians, law enforcement and media call the incident a ‘terror attack’ before all evidence is reviewed.
Other researchers have believed that Tunisia has long fallen to prey to other intelligence operations, including the 2002 attack in Djerba, Tunisia.
The Tunisian attack also comes on the heels of the Corinthia hotel attack that took place in January. The attacks was said to be carried out by the Tripoli branch of ISIS, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. The hotel was reportedly nearly empty as the ISIS linked group apparently could took their time during the choreographed attack.
IMAGE: ‘Hashtag Protests’ – Just as we saw during the Paris shootings: Tunisia is overrun by timely viral propaganda. (Photo link telegraph.co.uk)
In October of 2013, 21WIRE made note of some of the the puzzle pieces that include Tunisia:
“Former Army General Carter F. Ham had met with Tunisian leaders prior to his retirement in March of 2013. Carter was second in command under AFRICOM, and took the lead on the 2011 Libya invasion.
It has been reported that the infusion of terror in Mali was a direct result of terror spilling out of Libya in the aftermath of the NATO campaign.”
IMAGE: Former Army General Carter F. Ham (AFRICOM Commander)
“The United States guided the “Jasmine revolution” in 2011, when Ben Ali was forced from power. The United States has been known to support uprisings through NGO’s, as they seek to gain control in the aftermath of a regime change.
In an article by David Kenner from Foreignpolicy.com from 2011, we get a clearer picture of how the United States has changed Tunisia from the inside:
“Scott Carpenter, a former deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bush administration who oversaw the creation of MEPI, said that the Ben Ali regime was “constantly paranoid” about the organization’s presence in the country, and never allowed it to undertake significant democracy promotion programs. As a result, “we were doing a lot of stuff very, very quietly – not to say covert, but very quietly.”
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), is linked to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and is a known pro-Israel think-tank. J Scott Carpenter is an adjunct scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
RT News below…
IMAGE: ‘Directing the Scene’ – Authorities following the apparent ISIS related shooting at Bardo Museum in Tunisia. (Photo link abcnews.com)
ISIS claims responsibility for museum attack in Tunisia – reports
Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for the deadly museum attack on Wednesday in Tunisia that claimed over 20 lives, according to an online audio recording cited by Reuters.
The three-hour attack took place at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia’s capital on Wednesday. As a result 23 people died, including 18 foreign tourists, five Tunisians and two gunmen, Health Minister Said Aidi said on Thursday. Fifty more were injured. Among the foreigners killed were one British national, three Japanese, two Colombians, two Spaniards, an Australian, a Pole and a French citizen, according to the Tunisian PM Habib Essid’s statement.
Bloomberg reported on Thursday that four Italians and a Russian national were among the victims of the attack. The agency cited information provided by the Costa Cruises company.
The recording distributed online praised the two gunmen calling them “knights of the Islamic State.”
Security forces arrested nine people connected to the attack, according to a statement issued by the president’s office on Thursday. Five of the arrested were directly connected, while four others were from a supporting terrorist cell, it added.
The PM said one of the terrorists was already known to Tunisia’s intelligence services. Essid identified two attackers as Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaou in an interview with French radio station RTL. Labidi was “known to the security services, he was flagged and monitored,” Essid said.
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