Muhammad Bouazizi: the most famous Arab

Angry Arab

Muhammad Bouazizi: a street Tunisian vendor is now the most famous Arab.  All Twitter and Facebook in Arabic is dedicated to you.  You sparked a revolution.  You shall not be forgotten, and you mother (if I can speak for her) shall forgive you (Bouazizi was concerned about his mother's reaction).

Posted by As'ad at 11:51 AM

This is the kind of election that US government favors

"Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin bin Ali was re-elected with 89.62 percent of the vote in Sunday’s elections for a fifth term in office after two decades in power, according to results released early Monday by the interior ministry.  Vote tallies from 20 of Tunisia’s 26 regions showed that in two regions bin Ali won nearly 99 percent of the vote, and in the rest his support did not dip below 84 percent, according to figures from the Interior Ministry, which oversaw Sunday’s election."  Hell.  The US prefers no election whatsoever, like in Gulf countries where Hillary (or Condoleezza) can summon the polygamous princes and kings and issue her orders).

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