Assange: Wikileaks Sparked Egypt's Revolt
The New York Daily News reports:
While many people are giving credit to social networking for the recent revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, Julian Assange thinks he deserves some credit too.
The Wikileaks founder told SBS'S Dateline on Sunday that released cables showing that former Tunisian president Ben Ali was corrupt and would not have the support of the U.S. unleashed the protests, according to an Australian news website news.com.au.
The Tunisians, according to the Australian, gave the army "the confidence that they needed to attack the ruling political elite."
Ben Ali resigned late last month and fled to Saudi Arabia, which began a domino effect of protests on many autocratic governments in the region.
By that logic, he said, he was also partly responsible for the resignation of Hosni Mubarak because the Tunisians revolution sparked the Egyptian people to follow suit.
"There's no doubt that Tunisia was the example for Egypt and Yemen and Jordan, and all the protests that have happened there," he said.
Assange also told the program that while he would love to return to his home country, the United States and Australia were colluding to keep him from returning.
Currently, he is in London, awaiting a ruling in his extradition hearing.
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