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Qaddafi knows what caused the Tunisian collapse

  • question What caused the upheaval of the Tunisian government under President Ben Ali?
  • answer Wikileaks, aided by “lying ambassadors,” according to Libya’s Muammar el-Qaddafi. source

Corruption? Unemployment? A restricted press? Not according to Colonel Qaddafi. The Libyan leader, who has held power for over forty years, weighed in on Tunisia’s collapse, blaming “WikiLeaks which publishes information written by lying ambassadors in order to create chaos.” As The New York Times’ Robert Mackey observes, this may be a reiteration of a conspiratorial belief birthed from Iran’s leadership; that Wikileaks is acting as a propaganda arm of the United States, strategically leaking false cables to American benefit. But seriously, Julian Assange as a government shill? You’ve got a long road to hoe, Muammar.

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January 17, 2011 // 16:04 // 13 years ago

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