Tunisian Combat Group
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The Tunisian Combat Group (TCG) or Tunisian Fighting Group is or was a loose network of terrorists who aspire to install an Islamist government in Tunisia.[1][2] Its personnel are said to be in Western Europe and, formerly, in Afghanistan, where it was affiliated with al-Qaeda.[3][4][5][6][7] In the United States TCG has been banned since October of 2002, classed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity under Executive Order 13224.[8][9]
A cofounder of TCB, Tarek Ben Habib Maaroufi, provided the forged Belgian passports by which the assassins of Ahmed Shah Massoud travelled to Afghanistan. He is serving a sentence in Belgium. The other cofounder of TCB, Saifallah Ben Hassine, was last seen in London.
A number of the detainees held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba, remain in detention, in part, because American intelligence analysts allege they were members of the Tunisian Combat Group.
[edit] References
- ^ The Tunisian Combatant Group (TCG), Overseas Security Advisory Council (USA)
- ^ Tunisian Combat Group, MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
- ^ Summary of Evidence (.pdf) prepared for Hisham Sliti's Combatant Status Review Tribunals - November 19, 2004 - page 62
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Lufti Bin Ali Administrative Review Board - page 19
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri Administrative Review Board, April 27, 2005 - page 5
- ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi Administrative Review Board, May 4, 2005 - page 51
- ^ Summary of Evidence (.pdf) prepared for Abdul Haddi Bin Hadiddi's Combatant Status Review Tribunals - October 13, 2004 - page 53
- ^ Terrorist Exclusion List, US State Department
- ^ Banned entity list, Office of Foreign Assets Control, US Treasury Department
