| 15 October 2012 | 2 Comments
 
 

Yesterday American Ambassador to Tunisia Jacob Walles published a message on the embassy website, commemorating the one month anniversary of the attacks on the U.S. embassy and school in Tunis. In his message the ambassador assured readers that good relations between Tunisia and the United States will continue, but cautioned that the Tunisian government must work to protect guests in their country.

In the article, filed on the embassy website under “OpEds”, Walles praised Tunisian citizens who have sent messages condemning the violence, and encouraged Tunisians to continue to stand against “violence and terror”. The ambassador also called for the perpetrators of September’s attacks to be brought to justice.

On September 15, extremists and rioters, angry at a low-budget American-made film that mocked Islam, trashed, burned and looted several buildings inside the compound of the U.S. embassy and the American Cooperative School of Tunis. At the school, attackers made off with computers and other school supplies, and destroying what they did not steal. At the embassy, a number of vehicles, many belonging to Tunisian staff, were burned. The American flag was replaced by one carrying an Islamic message.

The government of Tunisia condemned the attacks, and offered to pay for the damages.

Ambassador Walles’ message can be read here.


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  1. MSMII says:
    30 October 2012 at 21:44

    Tunisia, the birth place of the Arab Spring, has four Islamic groups, with connections to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Under their majority control basic human rights are being crushed.

    http://msmignoresit.blogspot.com/2012/10/tunisian-winds-of-political-change.html?m=1

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  2. Trabalhando em Casa - Up Essencia! says:
    29 October 2012 at 18:40

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