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Riots hint at potential chaos in Tunisia’s future

By Paul Schemm
Published December 6, 2012 3:31pm ET
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Riots hint at potential chaos in Tunisia’s future
Local people clean damages in the street a day after clashes between protestors and riot police in Siliana, Tunisia, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. The Regional Workers Union in Siliana announced a provisional halt to the strike Sunday, hours after agreeing to a deal with the central government in Tunis, the capital of this North African nation. (AP Photo / Amine Landoulsi) | Amine Landoulsi

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Five days of riots last week in a town in Tunisia’s impoverished interior wounded hundreds of people and deepened the rift between the two most powerful forces in this North African country: the moderate Islamist ruling party and the main labor union.

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