A fake bomb placed near a colonel’s home in Tunis today was accompanied by a letter, purportedly from al Qaeda, demanding the army halt its antiterrorist operation in the Jebel Chaambi area. In separate incidents, one suspected Islamist militant was killed and another was injured and captured, when bombs they were making detonated prematurely. Protesters rallied in several cities across Tunisia this week in support of the military’s efforts against terrorism.
