Sun, 16 Jan 2011
Cairo/Tripoli - Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi said he was pained by events in Tunisia surrounding the overthrow of former president Zine al-Abedine ben Ali, Libyan television reported Sunday.
"I am concerned for the people of Tunisia, whose sons are dying each day," Gaddafi said overnight in a televised statement addressing people in neighboring Tunisia.
"And for what? In order for someone to become president instead of Ben Ali?" he added.
"I do not know these new people, but we all knew Ben Ali and the transformation that was achieved in Tunisia. Why are you destroying all of that?" he asked.
Gaddafi warned Tunisians against being tricked by "WikiLeaks which publishes information written by lying ambassadors in order to create chaos."
Last month, WikiLeaks released a cable sent by the US embassy in Tunis in which Ben Ali's family was described as a "quasi mafia" due to its "organized corruption."
The cable described abuse, corruption, and lack of political freedom in Tunisia under Ben Ali.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/362555,tunisian-revolt-blames-wikileaks.html.
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Gadhafi is stupid. He is also fearful of something similar happening in Libya. I think at the moment his dictatorship throne is safe for the time being. How long that would be only Allah knows.
ReplyDeletePutting blame on WikiLeaks is stupid and I don't think it has anything to do with WikiLeaks. Want to put the blame on some one? Put it on your "... we all knew Ben Ali and the transformation that was achieved in Tunisia...".
Dictators sure love each other and fear democracy. I think Ben Ali brought more misery and suffering to the Tunisian people than prosperity and development.