TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — It was a flood of messages from concerned friends abroad that alerted the president of Tunisia's Star Wars fan club that the sets of his beloved film were under attack by militants — at least according to exaggerated reports in the foreign press. In a country still reeling from a terrorist attack last week on a museum that killed 21 people, a misleading report from CNN that said the iconic sets were a "way station" for the radical Islamic State group infiltrating from Libya soon went viral. Col.
Tunisians Assure Star Wars Sets Safe From Islamic State
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and PAUL SCHEMM, Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Movies
Thu, 03/26/2015 - 8:38am
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