Kadhafi backs Tunisia revolt, slams foreign interference

[Joanne98]

Source: AFP

TUNIS — Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi voiced support for Tunisia's revolution Tuesday but denounced foreign interference in an interview with Tunisian television, after earlier heaping praise on the ousted president.

"If people unleash a revolution, they have to govern themselves. I can't but support this orientation if it leads to power for the masses," Kadhafi said.

"But I am afraid this revolution by the Tunisian people could be stolen. There are manoeuvres within the country and by foreign interests," he said.

A day after president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's fall on January 14, Kadhafi had said he regretted the fall of the neighbouring country's veteran ruler.



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[damntexdem]

1. Maybe he'll get to regret his own fall, too.

Very suggestive that he's already changed his tune from regretting Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's ouster to hailing it.