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AFP/Reuters – “A leading opposition figure and critic of Tunisia’s ruling Islamists, Mohamed Brahmi, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen near the capital Tunis.

The interior ministry, cited by the official TAP news agency, said Mr Brahmi, a 58-year-old MP and vocal critic of Tunisia’s ruling Islamists, was assassinated as he left home.

‘Mohamed Brahmi, general coordinator of the Popular Movement and member of the National Constituent Assembly, was shot dead outside his home in Ariana,’ Watanya state television reported.

Watanya said Mr Brahmi was struck by a hail of 11 bullets fired from point-blank range.

‘He was riddled with bullets in front of his wife and children,’ Mohsen Nabti, a fellow member of the small leftist movement, said in a tearful account aired on Tunisian radio.

Shortly after the shooting, thousands of people protested in Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of the Tunisian revolution, witnesses said.

‘Thousands have taken to the streets, people have blocked roads and set tyres alight,’ Sidi Bouzid resident Mehdi Horchani said.

‘People are very angry.’

The February 6 assassination of Chokri Belaid, another opposition figure, in front of his home sparked a political crisis in Tunisia.

Condemning the latest killing, lawyer Mabrouk Korchid said that Mr Brahmi was ‘assassinated in cold blood on the day that Tunisia is marking’ the 56th anniversary of the republic’s declaration.” Read more.

Flashback: Tunisian Salafist Declares The Future Conquest of Andalusia, Rome, And Jerusalem, ‘This Is The Age Of The Muslims’ – “I would like to declare loud and clear that the Al-Nusra Front, Ansar Al-Sharia, Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq, and the mujahideen in Somalia, in Mali, and in Algeria – we all stand united against the enemies. Our goal is to support the Islamic nation, to support the religion, to elevate the shari’a, and to spread the law of Muhammad… This is the age of the Muslims. Gone are the days of secularists and democracy. We are looking down upon them. We are looking down upon them from above. They are beneath us.” Read more.

Flashback: Al-Qaeda Eyes Tunisia Front Setting Off Alarm Bells Around The World – “Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s recent appeal for recruits is setting off alarm bells around the world. The new message from al-Qaeda urged supporters to fight at home against secularists and liberals. The plea for aid from like-minded Islamists was met with a warm response by Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia, further heightening concerns that the country could become a new battleground for the terror network.” Read more.

If police had been killed or wounded, would they have deserved it, too? …

Hadith – Al Bukhari, 2977, “I have been made victorious with terror” – The ‘Prophet’ Of Islam, Mohammed

Australian Muslims Carrying Jihadist Flags

9 News National – “A bomb found behind a Sydney police station and linked to last year’s Muslim riots could have been deadly if it had detonated, police say.

Officers are following a number of ‘very strong leads’ as they investigate online threats against police that refer to the explosive device.

Counter terrorism commander Peter Dean said the threats seemed to link the bomb to last year’s Islamic protests in Hyde Park.

‘There’s a comment in the Facebook blogs and also in the email that talks about protests in Sydney so there is an assumption that there’s some link there,’ he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday.

The hand-sized device was found in the rear car park of Campsie Police Station on Tuesday afternoon.

An inspection by the bomb squad established that the contraption contained explosives but had been constructed in a way so that it could not detonate.

Commander Dean says the device could have been deadly if it had exploded.

‘If it had been constructed properly and it had detonated it would have been very dangerous to somebody standing nearby’,’ Commander Dean told reporters in Sydney on Thursday.

‘It also could have created a shrapnel effect with objects around it like the fence and the glass windows of the station, which could have caused damage or injury.’

It is not clear whether the device was specifically designed not to explode, he said.” Read more.

Flashback: Metamorphosis Of Evil: Australian Muslims Discussing The Beheading Of Lee Rigby Say ‘He Deserved It’ – “Are these Muslims simply outliers within the Ummah, or do they now reflect the true inward sentiments of many “moderate” Muslims living in the West? It appears that the latter is much closer to reality than many of us wish to believe. The Islamic world that has been in a relative “cocoon-like” state is now approaching a new phase in its metamorphosis. And what is emerging is far from beautiful …” Read more.

Flashback: Australia: Police Commissioner Outraged To See Muslim Children Carrying Signs Calling For The Beheading Of Non-Muslims – “NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says he was outraged to see children holding signs that called for the beheading of anti-Islamists at a Sydney protest… ‘It was an outrage,’ he told reporters in Sydney today. ‘To see a young child with a placard thrust in his hand calling for the beheading of a person is simply something I cannot comprehend. ‘It’s just not what we teach our children.’” Read more.

Flashback: Australia: Radical Imam Calls Democracy ‘Evil’, Calls For The Overthrow Of Australian Law – “Democracy and parliaments are evil declared a radical Australian Muslim cleric in Sydney on Friday night during a debate with two Christian politicians. Ibrahim Saddiq Conlan also called for the overthrow of the Australian legal system in favour of the controversial sharia law, the Islamic legal system. ‘[the Australian legal system is] the primary cause of the spiritual, economic and environmental crisis in Australia,’ he said. ‘Democracy is evil, the parliament is evil and legislation is evil,’ said Mr Conlon.” Read more.