Back in 2007, citizen journalists/bloggers had documented the tourism/shopping trips of the dictator's wife aboard the presidential plane. (H/t Global Voices)
Powerful photo of dictator Ben Ali visiting the hospital bed of the desperate young man who set himself on fire -- the young man didn't live long enough to learn that his act set off a revolution that overthrew Ben Ali.
Amid the protests, Tunisian rapper El General put out this widely-circulated music video attacking Ben Ali and urging folks to join the protests. El General was arrested for it. Soon after, the dictator fled. (H/t to Steve Zunes.)
After the Tunisian dictatorship fell, the bizarre allied dictator in neighboring Libya, Qaddafi, made a rambling speech denouncing the Internet, WikiLeaks, Twitter and Facebook, which he blamed for Tunisia events. In recent weeks, Qaddafi was driven from power by NATO air power and an armed insurrection.
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