really not supporting ben ali for human rights violation. discontent with a president who had lingered in power for too long had been brewing in tunisia for quite some time public anger erupted after students mohamed was easy satam cell phone fire and publish stories of runaway corruption eroding the top echelon of the trinity and government. after when. reagan. came and the hummingbirds did what he did. i think tradition was made sure to. to start to change what's happened in tunisia and also in egypt and it's happening in a few other places and it's diplomatic cables troll people. they were actually right in not trusting in thinking that there was something that was corrupt. steinberg shams the public spotlight he's going to stay in the shade although in actual fact he's just as much a godfather of the wiki leaks project as julian assange has. yes my name is daniel smith this is julia sons and we're here to make a short presentation about what we can extract what we don't daniel don't steinberg could be described as co-creator of the inter

ben ali couldn't say that. there has been internal debates rooted around factional rivalry and seriously and intense sort of back and forth with different factions that have taken place in the public sphere. there's been moments when the debate was open in iran in ways that don't have parallels to mubarak and ben ali's regime. iran, at least, can make the claim that it's been politically independent from the control of external powers. its foreign policy is generally an independent player in the politics of the region. ben ali and mubarak, by contrast, have been part of the american foreign policy program for the region, they've been highly dependent on u.s. and western support. iran is qualitatively different, so at least the islamic republic can claim they have been politically independent. and just to give an example of how, i think, the regime in iran up until 2009 it still had a certain degree of legitimacy, and that is reflect inside the fact that in 2009 we had this phenomenal event where about 80-85% of

ruled the country for over twenty three years after several days of tensions resulting bloodshed ben ali had to flee the capital on january the fifteenth is. that the events that took place in the north african country in january were immediately dubbed the jasmine revolution of the choosing and also has another nail the wiki revolution. this man is a professor at one of the universities in tunis. as a political activist he prefers to be known by his nickname. he didn't take part in the attacks on government buildings but he said to be one of the main driving forces of the revolution. after registering his web site to leaks he began posting material concerning choosier from diplomatic cables in arabic and french the cables were made public by julian assange of twenty ten. at the first time with just seventy seven thousand documents and then we've got. the sensation as i said it was really very very very interesting to note the true facts that the u.s. government is waiting. to leave the u.s. government was. really not supportive benignly for a human rights violation. discontent with a pr

[speaking arabic] >> translator: and tunisia, will have democracy after getting rid of ben ali. [speaking arabic] >> translator: we know that a democratic government, national interest are always at issue. [speaking arabic] >> translator: in egypt, the situation is a little bit different. [speaking arabic] >> translator: islamic radical groups are stronger in that country. >> translator: specifically the islamic brotherhood. [speaking arabic] >> translator: the probability of one dictator in the deed and replacing it is high, like what happened in iran in 1979. [speaking arabic] >> translator: in 1979, whitaker is against the shower, which was a nondemocratic government and we wanted independence and freedom. however, up to now we have not achieved that. >> translator: therefore, we have to pay attention that getting rid of a dictator is not enough. we have to replace it with democracy. [speaking the [speaking arabic] >> translator: look at egypt. they have gotten rid of the liter. will we have democracy there? [speaking arabic] >> translator: and maybe too early to judge now. [

[speaking in native tongue] >> translator: tunisia will have democracy after getting rid of ben ali. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: in a democratic government, national interests are always an issue. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: in egypt it is a little different. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: islamic radical groups are strong. specifically the islamic brotherhood. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the probability of one dictator leaving and replacing it is high like what happened in iran in 1979. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: in 1979, it was a nondemocratic government, we wanted independence and freedom but up to now we have not achieved that. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: we have to pay attention that getting rid of the dictator is not enough. we have to replace it with democracy. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: look at egypt. will we have democracy there? [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: it may be too ready to judge now. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: even if a religious dicta

how do you overcome the ben ali legacy and help the country move on? >> it is difficult for anyone to go from black to white. they should always go through phases. in regards to how the country is ruled, it's now behind us. this interim government has nothing to do with ben ali's government. now in regards to the remnants of the former regime we will eventually get rid of them. we know very well many former officials face trials and some are still undergoing, even though it may have looked like we were tackling this a bit slowly, the direction is now very clear. >> once again, the interim prime minister of tunisia. for more about the program, visit our website, cnn.com/mme. you can check out our webpage in arabic as well at arabic.cnn.com/mme. that's it for this edition of "cnn marketplace middle east." thanks for watching, i'm john defterios. we'll see you next week.

in january, protesters overthrew the 23-year-old authoritarian government of ben ali. tunisia is preparing to elect a national assembly that will draw up a new constitution. his country wants to share japan's principles of democracy and freedom. as well as establish a multiparty system. he also says tunisia is formulating a five-year plan to build a democratic nation and ask for japan's support. matsumoto said japan maintained good relations with tunisia and will support efforts for reform. he also said japan plans to send election monitors to the country. >>> the number of new aids patients reported in japan last year hit a record high of 469. a health ministry panel on aids reports the number of people newly found to be infected with the hiv virus last year reached 1,544. that includes those who had already developed the disease. the figure is the second highest on record. the panel says 63% were infected through homosexual contact and 20% through heterosexual contact. 550 of the patients were in their 30s and 383 in their 20s. the panel's head of the institute of me

large amounts also placed by former egyptian president mubarak and ben ali. a block has been placed on any attempt to move the money. still to come, sony admits hackers may have stolen the personal information of 25 million more online gamers. several people have been arrested in the argentine capital of one osiris' after passengers set fire to trains at three different stations. -- capital of bueonos aires. >> a mob of angry commuters went through the coaches on a rampage and set them on fire. the trains are always busy, especially at rush hour. packed with people on their way to work in the capital. but this train was literally stopped in its tracks after another train derailed closer to the city, making the track impassible. as the minutes ticked by, the anger built, and passengers began venting their frustrations. officials called the emergency services, but when the firefighters arrived, the mobs turned on them. >> when the crew arrived, the first train car was already on fire. when we started to work on the blaze, they threw rocks at us. >> having douse

but it's certainly not the same kind of kneejerk support that you could count on from mubarak and ben ali you have now you have a much more chaotic situation for america so i would say right now iran is winning however a big question mark is syria although i have something contrarian to say i hope people will jump in which is that in syria in a way saudi arabia iran and the united states. and even israel here kind of see eye to eye in trying to keep it going i mean nobody's really pulled the plug on assad least of all the united states ok mohamed i'm going to you in toronto i mean united states israel and saudi arabia working together or do how do you how do you see that in regard to syria and iran and iran go ahead you know. well i i think that with regards to syria. the turks are also concerned because they are they have the form of islam that dominates in turkey is is not the islam and it's much more mild and there is a large population and minority population in turkey as well as well as as well as a kurdish population so turkey too does not have an interest in syria falling if syria

dictatorship why do they protect them and fire on the peaceful demonstrators why did they protect ben ali and mubarak until the last second this is just a manipulation when we see those sort of arguments you're putting forward now being discussed at the g. eight and also maybe perhaps contemplating what to do next in syria where we see those sort of issues being discussed in fact is the g eight the right place to discuss this sort of thing well sorry the song is difficult from what i heard from no question i think we are assisting the sort of permission to recolonize the world the usa. are trying to prevent the they don't want a democracy out of the countries in the middle east they don't want a democracy in africa you have to remind that almost all the data sheets in africa and others are in style finance protected id within allies so i think what they want is to keep the control of oil they want to keep their control room materials fifty one through impede real democracy in the arabic and african countries why would they want to be spreading their influence around the rest of the world

and its allies to back them in the first place dumping their longtime associates like mubarak like ben ali. well i believe the united states determined that mubarak really was finished remember he was free had many reports that he had cancer he was terminally very ill the same for ali so that's why the united states the means of support and so forcefully however mubarak isn't without will barak still will remain to the extent that the old guard of the egyptian army with the general staff officers who are very close u.s. to pleats ansar dine still in charge of inspire you talk about changes we don't know yet what's going to happen but views really thought it would defend its interests influence egypt through the command structure it still remains where the some of the other countries like libya for example bahrain the situation is different for syria which was largely does enemies list. that regime is marked for. terminations with extreme prejudice live from toronto columnist author of war correspondent good of your insight tonight on out from moscow thank you thank you. and still had a few

in that respect saakashvili has corruption seizing a very similar to that of mubarak in egypt and ben ali in tunisia except with this big difference the u.s. supports this state tator and shows the hypocrisy of the obama administration when it comes to georgia or bahrain or any of these regimes that we support for military and strategic purposes these popular uprisings get no support from washington a really quickly i am out of time i was just hoping i can get one more question with you in real quickly why do you think the western media hasn't been paying attention to this they were very capture by all of the protests in middle east and north africa they take their cues from the white house i think i mean their corporate owned in the way house puts the word out and you know yes libya yes syria but not georgia all right i thank you so much that was wayne madsen investigative journalist and our team contributor now fifty years ago this very day you could argue that a speech changed everything or at least the stages unified the country to take what was quite a giant leap for mankind today wh

forth debating whether or where he was right or whether the two nations on the street were right or ben ali was right. it is pretty intense and all of a sudden a 28-year-old son of one of the guys comes in the room and says it is on. he goes and gets the remote control and he puts on arabs have got talent, which is kind of a gimmick version of "american idol" that is really cool. one of the big shows in the region is who wants to be a millionaire? the guy wears the same sort of weird shirts and ties, the matching shirts and ties and it is the same thing. you have lifelines and all that stuff. it is a big show. arabs got talent is a bigger show right now. they watch television to be entertained. the debate got as hot and heavy over that as it did over the tunisia and lebanon situation. so the fact is that the stereotypes are wrong. they are not an angry people. they aren't all the same. they don't all have the same attitudes towards us or towards their lives. they are real people wanting real things in their lives and they want their lives to get better. they are actually making changes righ

but you dishful inquiry established that ben somali president ali was also to receive his share from the toxic waste trade roughly thirty five percent of the profits. today ali money is no longer president believes the report nie. the cultural capital of kenya and refuses to speak to journalists. he does however insist that the evidence implicating him is false. and yet it was official also arise ation issued from the presidential office in one thousand nine hundred six that finally permitted the import of harmful toxic waste. only was put in charge of the operation which seem to have been set in stone. going to early is an adventure a half serb half italian with in a ray of passports and identities. his name appears on several documents involving the shipment of toxic waste to africa is also spent about a dozen years in prison. he was another who enjoyed the confidence of the somali president and witnessed the network's activities. did you visit somalia in the lead ten times did you have any dealings with the early movie . there's quite a few affair for so anyway was eva one who als

. >> ben ali discussion on aviation modernization projects. we will hear about partnerships between the private and public sector. the moderator is a former federal aviation administrator, marion blakey. this is just over 30 minutes. >> with all of the great things she did in that particular role, it made her the perfect choice to be the ceo. there is a big complement i want to tell all of you about because aia has done something so significant. in the last 15 months they have increased their membership by 55%. that is an enormous undertaking. we congratulate the team and thank you for taking the lead as our moderator this morning. marion, please come forward. [applause] >> thank you for the gracious introduction. i am delighted to be here. we are among friends. as i look at this audience, this is a group of colleagues and faults that have been pulling together for a long time. carol, i have to congratulate you. 10 years. this is a very impressive gathering. i always do enjoy it this kind of forum each year. it gives us a chance to advance the

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