This is Ramadan so the extremist gunmen felt that they had to kill some Muslim soldiers.
Gunmen Kill 14 Tunisian Soldiers
FILE - A Tunisian armored personnel carrier patrols near the Jebel Chaambi mountain, June 25, 2013.
Reuters
July 17, 2014 6:57 AM
At least 14 Tunisian troops were killed when gunmen attacked checkpoints in the remote Chaambi mountains, the deadliest militant strike on the North African country's armed forces.
Since April, thousands of Tunisian soldiers have been deployed to the Chaambi range bordering Algeria in an operation to flush out al-Qaida-linked militants seeking refuge there, some since fleeing French intervention in Mali last year.
During the attack on Wednesday night, militants with rocket-propelled grenades and rifles ambushed checkpoints the military had set up to try to control the Chaambi region.
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/gunmen-kill-tunisian-soldiers-n
Gunmen Kill 14 Tunisian Soldiers
FILE - A Tunisian armored personnel carrier patrols near the Jebel Chaambi mountain, June 25, 2013.
Reuters
July 17, 2014 6:57 AM
At least 14 Tunisian troops were killed when gunmen attacked checkpoints in the remote Chaambi mountains, the deadliest militant strike on the North African country's armed forces.
Since April, thousands of Tunisian soldiers have been deployed to the Chaambi range bordering Algeria in an operation to flush out al-Qaida-linked militants seeking refuge there, some since fleeing French intervention in Mali last year.
During the attack on Wednesday night, militants with rocket-propelled grenades and rifles ambushed checkpoints the military had set up to try to control the Chaambi region.
Continue reading at:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/gunmen-kill-tunisian-soldiers-n
