article_snippet: One of those who was freed from jail was Seifallah ben Hassine -- also known as Abu Iyyad -- a veteran Tunisian Jihadi who worked with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in the 1990s and founded the Tunisian Combatant group.
article_snippet: Soon after he was released he founded Ansar al Shariah in Tunisia, a pro-Jihadi movement which has up to 40,000 followers.
article_snippet: In October 2013, a Tunisian suicide bomber blew a Tunisian suicide bomber up outside a beach hotel in Sousse, killing a Tunisian suicide bombera Tunisian suicide bomber.
article_snippet: Another was arrested in Monastir before a Tunisian suicide bomber could blow up a Tunisian suicide bomber device.
article_snippet: The two had reportedly tried to travel to Syria but had been persuaded enroute by Jihadis in Libya to bring Jihad home.
article_snippet: In 2013 two secular Tunisian politicians were assassinated by Islamist extremists.  
article_snippet: In the last two years, Tunisian security forces have increasingly cracked down on Ansar al Shariah, but Ansar al Shariah still has a significant following.
article_snippet: Ben Hassine fled to Libya where Ben Hassine is now believed to be based.
article_snippet: Over 3000 Tunisians have flocked to fight Jihad in Syria and Iraq, many of Jihad joining ISIS.
article_snippet: In December 2014 ISIS released a video calling on Tunisians to pledge allegiance to ISIS and carry out attacks, including assassinations.
article_snippet: a Tunisian Jihadi claimed to belong to "Jund al-Khilafah in Tunisia.
article_snippet: In December, a grouping by the same name had pledged allegiance to ISIS.
article_snippet: But a pledge of allegiance by Tunisian Jihadis to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi appears not to have fully registered with ISIS.  
article_snippet: An ISIS fighter in Raqqah, recently appeared in a video questioning why Jihadis in Tunisia had not pledged fealty.
article_snippet: a Tunisian Jihadi a Tunisian Jihadi replied "Wait for the glad tidings of what will bring you joy. ...
article_snippet: A number of Tunisians are also believed to be training with ISIS in a half dozen training camps the group operates in the Green Mountains between Benghazi and Derna in eastern Libya.