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Adam Schiff: “Bin Laden is not the face of the Arab world, and instead, it is that of Mohamed Bouazizi, a young Tunisian fruit vendor…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
Bin Laden is not the face of the Arab world, and instead, it is that of Mohamed Bouazizi, a young Tunisian fruit vendor who set himself on fire to protest the endemic corruption of the Ben Ali Government.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Schiff contrasts Bin Laden with Bouazizi to highlight the true face of Arab protests.

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