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Tunisia deploys special combat units to protect oil and gas

By REUTERS

JANUARY 29, 2013 13:38

TUNIS - Tunisia has sent special combat units to its borders with Algeria and Libya to protect its oil and gas installations against potential attacks from Islamist militants, the state news agency said on Tuesday.

The move follows the al-Qaida-linked attack and hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant earlier this month, and comes as French and local troops fight against Islamist rebels in Mali.

"Tunisian authorities have set up special units in different important sites to protect oil and gas fields in the Saharan perimeter of the country", the state news agency said, citing security sources.

"This measure aims to prevent any terrorist act against these fields, especially those located on the Tunisian-Algerian border," the sources added.

They said the fighting in Mali, south of Algeria in the Sahara, was also of concern.

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