Tripoli: Muammar Gaddafi, an ally of Zine Al Abidine Bin Ali, said on Libyan TV that he was ‘pained' by the fall of the Tunisian government.
In a speech Saturday night Gaddafi 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 Bin 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.
In his statement, broadcast last night on Libyan TV, Gaddafi said: "Tunisia now lives in fear. Families could be raided and slaughtered in their bedrooms and the citizens in the street killed as if it was the Bolshevik or the American revolution." In attempt to placate protesters Bin Ali had pledged to stand down in 2014 before he decided to flee to Saudi Arabia.
"What is this for? To change Zine Al Abidine? Hasn't he told you he would step down after three years? Be patient for three years and your son stays alive," Gaddafi said.
