Regime's excesses on display inside Tunisian mansion

[Joanne98]

Source: WP

HAMMAMET, TUNISIA - They arrive every day at this white mansion overlooking the Mediterranean, parents with their children, old men with canes, young men in leather jackets, among the many Tunisians on a pilgrimage to vent their anger at a corrupt government.

It's been two weeks since mobs overran this opulent house, amid protests that have spread across the Arab world. Neighbors said it was occupied by a nephew of former president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.

Today, the infinity pool is filled with debris. The 30-foot floor-to-ceiling windows are shattered. The smell of charred wood wafts through the air as scores of visitors see the luxurious lifestyles of their former elites for the first time.

"The smell of fire is also the smell of freedom and happiness," declared Sami Soukah, a retired driver, as he looked up at the carcass of a crystal chandelier. "They stole the people's money. We are not sorry that this happened."



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/29/AR2011012904111.html

[BanzaiBonnie]

1. "They stole the people's money"

Boy, does that have the ring of truth.

[somone]

2. Ben Ali is lucky he didn't end up like Ceausescu