Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is hurting. The ally of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali claims he was “pained” at the fall of the president, and that protesters were manipulated by cables written by “ambassadors in order to create chaos”. —JCL The Guardian: The Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has condemned the uprising in neighbouring Tunisia amid reports today of unrest on the streets ofLibya. In a speech last night Gaddafi, an ally of the ousted president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, said he was “pained” by the fall of the Tunisian government. He claimed protesters had been led astray by WikiLeaks disclosures detailing the corruption in Ben Ali’s family and his repressive regime. The leaked cables were written by “ambassadors in order to create chaos”, Deutsche Press-Agentur reported Gaddafi as saying. Read more http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/16/muammar-gaddafi-condemns-tunisia-uprising Related Entries January 4, 2011 Gag Me With a Banker January 3, 2011 The Information Technology Roller Coaster
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Gaddafi ‘Pained’ at Tunisia Uprising