Cathedral bombing plot in December 2000. Also in December of 2000, the Tunisian Combatant Group was suspected of plotting to attack the United States, Algerian, and Tunisian embassies in Rome. Several members of the TCG in Italy were convicted for terror-related activities in 2003. The Belgian branch of the TCG was led by Maaroufi, and was responsible for organizing the travel to Afghanistan of the two terrorists who assassinated the anti-Taliban Afghan political leader Ahmad Shah Massoud on 9 September 2001. The perpetrators were two suicide bombers who were members of the TCG that posed as journalists. In connection to the murder, TCG founder Tarek Maaroufi was arrested and charged with giving assistance, in the form of passports and stolen visas, to the two bombers. The Belgian branch has since also been dismantled. Kamel ben Moussa, an official of the group was arrested in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2001. Foreign Relations Designation as a terrorist organization Countries and organizations below have officially listed the Tunisian Combat Group as a terrorist organization. References Rebel groups in Tunisia Jihadist groups Islamism in Tunisia 2000s in Tunisia Groups affiliated with al-Qaeda Organizations based in Africa designated as terrorist Organizations designated as terrorist by the United States Islamic terrorism in Italy Islamic terrorism in Belgium Islamic terrorism in the United Kingdom