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the worst thing is, we're not just seeing Europeans getting lazy and cynical in starting to change their earlier bets against authoritarian regimes in the face of popular revolt. Now we're seeing them look at places like Tunisia and Egypt — where dictators have already been toppled by the people — and figuring we'll probably wind up dealing with new authoritarian regimes once democracy fails to pan out.

Meanwhile NATO told CNN Tuesday that it could not confirm reports Gadhafi was hiding rocket launchers at UNESCO World Heritage site Leptis Magna — ruins of a Roman city between Misrata and Tripoli — and refused to rule out bombing it if it was a relevant target.

personne ne sait vraiment d'où est partie la rumeur. Mais il cache à peine qu'elle lui a bien servi : « C'était le symbole rêvé. Le mépris du pouvoir sur la pauvreté. Et ça a marché ! 

Sur la place de Sidi Bouzid, aujourd'hui, la photo de Mohamed Bouazizi a disparu. « Sa famille ne porte pas vraiment les valeurs de la révolution », dit sobrement Attia Athmouni. On dit qu'elle aurait touché de l'argent, sur cette affaire. En tout cas, elle a quitté Sidi Bouzid.

 Pour alerter ceux qui ont le pouvoir de décision et qui ne sont pour rien dans la révolution. Il faut qu'ils sachent que nous sommes prêts à nouveau à les chasser », dit M. Noury. Mais il est lucide : « On ne pourra pas chasser dix fois le gouvernement.

Do you see yourself mobilizing through a specific political party? HBA: Absolutely not. I say to these parties: where were you before the 14 of January? What were you doing? They just came up after the revolution. They're stealing it for their political interests. And I'm Muslim, but El-Nahda doesn't represent me. I'm against people who use religion to realize their political goals. Politics has a lot of dirty games. Religion needs to be away from these games. I'm very scared that Islam will be manipulated by El-Nahda. So, I'm not participating in elections in November. No one is convincing me. And I will not participate because I want to criticize all the mistakes of the people in power. If I vote, then I will not be able to criticize them. Right now my main political activity is working on a song about the Palestinian peace process. Many young men in Sfax want to rap now. So I'm working with my friends.

I'm normal Tunisian youth. But, you can tell the American people, I'm dangerous to governments. So if they need my service, I'm ready