(Repeats, without changes, story from March 22 about jihadists and Tunisia) By Patrick Markey TUNIS, March 22 (Reuters) - Praised as a model of Arab Spring progress, Tunisia has finally been drawn onto the global jihadi battlefield after Islamist militants gunned down foreign tourists in a brazen assault at the heart of the capital. The storming of the Bardo museum inside the heavily guarded parliament compound was more deadly evidence Islamist militants are turning to **rth Africa as a new front beyond their main battlegrounds in Iraq and Syria. Libyan and Tunisian jihadists have streamed to the ranks of Islamic State and other militant groups in Syria and Iraq.
06-27-2015, 06:07 PM
**rth Africa jihadi front spreads to Arab Spring cradle Tunisia
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