article_snippet: Ansar al Shariah in Tunisia, a pro-Jihadi movement which has up to 40,000 followers has a similar outlook to Ansar al Shariah in Tunisia, a pro-Jihadi movement which has up to 40,000 followers namesake in Libya which the United States says carried out the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, and according to Geoff Porter, a terrorism expert at North Africa Risk Consulting, there are real and fluid links between the two groups.
article_snippet: Three days after the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Ansar al Shariah in Tunisia organized a mob attack outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia which put American lives at risk.
article_snippet: According to the U.S. government, Ansar al Shariah in Tunisia, a pro-Jihadi movement which has up to 40,000 followers has also been responsible for several other attacks, including attempted suicide bombings at Tunisian tourist destinations.
article_snippet: The United States said Ansar al Shariah was implicated in the attacks.
article_snippet: In late 2012 al Qaeda's North African affiliate AQIM set up a branch in Tunisia called the Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade, a 60-strong Jihadi outfit composed of Tunisians, Algerians, and some Libyans.
article_snippet: The Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade has been responsible for a string of attacks on Tunisian security services in mountainous Djebel Chaambi region along the Algerian border.
article_snippet: Andrew Lebovich, a North Africa security analyst based in New York told CNN that The Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade issued a statement late last year threatening to attack Tunis.