Why the Tunisian Dictator Was Thrown Out

POLITICS. .

Watching the images of young Tunisians take to the streets and in great courage and new found freedom chant down their corrupt and authoritarian leader is an image I shall never forgot and nearly brought me to tears.

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msnv 110114 tunisia 10anv nws 7ToSW 19672

Here are Arab youth, representing the region's best and potential, no longer silenced and making their voice heard. Tunisians no longer were afraid to express their hatred for such a widely detested regime. It was simply beyond belief to see Tunisian youth take to the streets and openly and with great determination tell their president to leave.

It was simply a breathtaking image which has inspired Arabs all over and stirred fear in the hearts of fellow Arab tyrants.

Those who read me regularly know that I have not just recently awaken to the state of [mis]affairs in Tunisia. I have been constantly writing about the vile nature of the regime for years now. If you want to understand why the regime was finally overthrow, here are some background material.

Tunisian Repression Hiding Behind Women

Tunisia Employs PR Firm To Clean Its Image

The Next President on Tunisia?

Tunisia Continues to Ban Human Rights Group & Protests

Tunisian Judge Refuses to Free Journalist

'War Is The State': The Case of Tunisia

Tunisian Journalist Loses Appeal; Faces Six-Months in Jail

Wrong Ben Ali Dies

Family of Jailed Tunisian Goes on Hunger Strike

The Queen of Carthage

Tunisian Police Killed Protester At Anti-government Demonstration

Rising Corruption In Tunisia

Tunisia's Udau Hussein

Wikileaks on Tunisian Tyranny

Tunisia Seeks Higher Retirement Ago While Ruling Family Makes Away with Millions

Tunisia's Double-Speak Oppression

New Tunisian Repression Met With European Silence

Opposition Newspaper Censored In Tunisia and Sick Journalist Jailed

Tunisia's Ben Ali Strengthens Dictator Grip

And many, many more. But I think the above will suffice. Search the tag Tunisia for more of my essays.

And, not surprising, my very first article for Instablogs was on Tunisia: The Bush Doctrine and Tunisia.

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