U.S. diplomat warned of potential trouble in Tunisia nearly two years ago from Nukes & Spooks by Jonathan Landay

U.S. diplomat warned of potential trouble in Tunisia nearly two years ago

from Nukes & Spooks by Jonathan Landay

If the Obama administration didn't see the anti-government riots now convulsing Tunisia coming, it should have.
That's because the former U.S. ambassador to Tunis, Robert F. Godec, warned his superiors nearly two years ago of rough times ahead for the country's authoritarian ruler, President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

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