@@dheemantanil nothing really new since the revolution and even slowly before, the country was in bad economic position. There is no good climate for foreign investment, inequalities have increased in the country, unemployment too, there is also a huge political crisis and the people only believe at 2 or 3% in the honesty of the political parties. The new president has good motivations for the country but he cannot act like he wants because of bureaucracy and dependence to the monetary fund as Tunisia has a huge debt. Plus the hate between the people has also increased and more than 70% of the youth wanna leave the country. 59% of the population think it was way better under dictatorship. So no, democracy doesnt cure all the problems, it can also worsen the situation. The only benefit of the revolution was freedom of speech honestly
@@vdghj93 you don’t have a genuine democracy yet. Qais Saeed is a dictator. Even if you elected a figure who seems now to be acting exactly like a dictator. You need to clean the state itself in depth. But yes democracy doesn’t solve all problems but supposedly gives mean to face them with limited corruption if done right. The people need to safeguard it. Keeping it under constant maintenance and watch. With full civil rights.
True , he sounded very distrustful of every one,, he was calling them just because he could..if he truelly trusted his generals he would have not left so early..
Great work here by BBC. Credit when credit is due. No big surprise but a genuine recording that documents the last hours of the corrupt Tunisian dictator that ruled for 23 years with fear and blood. What I realized listening to these recordings: - Behind all the power façade, there was a house of card ready to fall. The amateurism of the regime is shocking. You'd expect a crisis cell / Taskforce leading the response to the major crisis facing the regime. But no. A call here with the defense minister, a call there with a friend. Nothing structured. The regime had clearly 0 preparation for such crises. - Zine was desperate and lost in his final hours. Very ill advised. Loyalists to him were virtually non-existent with everyone telling him not to return. This in particular represented a historical opportunity for Tunisia to start a new era with a relatively low cost - The pilot deciding to leave is a question mark. Who gave him the order? I can't imagine him taking this decision on his own. There must have been some (external) intervention - The psychosis of Zine and his regime. They lived in a parallel world. Zine didn't understand why the street was so angry. Then he believed that islamists (virtually non-existent with no presence on the ground back then) led the coup d'état. Illusions. Glad to have been there. Glad that I was 28 at the time. Old enough to remember what was and is still unforgettable. Long live the martyrs. Thank you BBC.
I don't think Zine was "psychotic" and "lived in a parallel world". I think he genuinely knew that the protesters/his citizens were angry at him specifically and: 1) Zine didn't care about the common citizen and his/her grievances anyways 2) Zine thought the army/security forces could successfully shut down the protests on their own 3) Zine was desperately trying to remain alive and in legitimate power - principally by shifting the blame to "Islamists", the Interior Ministry, some sort of coup d'état conspiracy, etc. (anyone, really), if not for his citizens, then for his own government's/loyalists' consumption. He would also offer up the excuse that he "served" the streets to further legitimize himself. All of it was for nothing, of course, and you correctly pointed out that Zine's staff saw the opportunity to be had from him leaving the country temporarily and they took advantage of the situation. I think Zine genuinely thought he was still in power while on the plane and everyone Zine called was just trying to either stall for time or perform their legal obligations to the point where they can't be accused of any wrongdoing (because technically, they did do their job all the way to the point when the PM took control).
Unlike the corrupt military officials in the majority of the arab world, tunisians can be proud of their army making the choice of political neutrality and democracy.
That's a rosy way of seeing things: rather the military saw the writing on the wall and figured they could best save themselves by getting rid of Ben Ali.
@@Katyusha666 I was 15 years old in the time of the Revolution.Since they came down to the streets, the Army never shot at people and they protected them from the police and protected government buildings thats it. There are even many videos taken by normal people of that.
@@bigmonkedong That doesn't prove I'm wrong, it only proves the army was level headed at the time. Ben Ali ruled more than 20 years, the army supported him the whole time - how do you explain that?
The second Zine stepped on that plane, everybody from the government to the defense ministry to the lowly pilot and bodyguard... they all knew he was fucked. These "loyalists" and "confidants" that Zine put in high positions of power, in the end, were just "yes" men - gladly throwing Zine under the bus for their own survival. Of course they would deny that these recordings are genuine, because acknowledging it would implicate them further with the stench of the old regime.
I was only 11 years old when all of this happened.. Watching this made me cry.. Rest in peace to all of those who sacrificed their lives, so that we have freedoms in our beloved country.
Tunisia 🇹🇳 can get more support if they call for other Sub Saharan countries to support them and not just the Northern countries. We as Africans can help each other out and bring out awareness .
tunisia is only located in the african continent, other than that they don’t really share any sort of history or relationship w the rest of africa. they share more with other arab and mediterranean countries than they do w any sub saharan african country
this short documentary gave me chills, i was 7 years old when this happened in my home tunisia and watching this so well made by BBC gave me alot of pride and fascination
Once you hold the top spot, your automatically alone. Your mates that were with you since day one would seperate themselves since you reached the goal. Maintaining it is a whole different ball game.
He was afraid and everyone around him has pushed him to take that flight. The Actors in Tunisia were knowing at that time that the Exil of ben ali will shrink the protest. And it will make it easy so in the coming days they can put all the blame on him without being guilty for being complicit in the system
If these recordings are true you get to grapple with the fact that behind all the facade it's just a puny human being afraid of another human being The Arab spring is an impactful and important landmark in African history I hope it is taught in schools
@@StoicS4m0r41 He's not - although Western countries have intervened in Libya it is too simplistic to argue that they fomented the uprisings throughout the Arab world. That's no different from the conspiracy theory that the Russians got Trump elected.
@@AliAbrahem It’s easy to simplify revolutions made by discontent people with “The CIA did it”. Even if that was the case, the CIA would still need people from there to successfully overthrow the dictators
the people of tunisia deserve a genuine democracy freedom of speech but the stark reality that nothing has changed the Tunisian police should be held to account for there mistreatment of the people the judges must stop being corrupt no one is above the law no-one
never forget those days, so proud of being part of this people, and a small part of this revolution. Since my father died in a hunger strike on the 22nd of May 2008, I have been wondering if we will be able to make any changes in this country and after 2 years it finally happened.
The pilot. What if, he did not "disobey" the president, but was obeying someone who possessed the authority to do so? I mean, the Defense Minister and the Interim President could have done things.
That's exactly what happened. The pilot don't get orders from the president directly but from the head of the presidential security. The pilot called his boss and asked him what to do? The head of the security told him to get back home by morning alone.
@@hedyl8029 no way it’s not the same dynamics as in Libya at all in Tunisia u serious ? 😂 people here have never seen arms except on soldiers I can’t imagine us with guns lol
These calls have indirectly changed the world. I don't know if you understand, but if Ben Ali had not been deposed, then the Arab Spring would certainly not have taken this magnitude. It would never have led to a civil war in Libya and Syria. It's really surprising and sad at the same time.
It is not an Arab spring, It was a painful long winter that we still suffer its consequences, of course the ignitors and the west never cared about the simple people on the streets, for them its business as usual, geopolitical changes of influence
Yeah it's the first time the BBC have been back to that type of actual news reporting in the last 6 year. Normally it's just people talking about they're feelings and how they deny science on the BBC
Ben Ali : I served the street. He was disconnected from his People for so long. And all the people around him was telling what he needed to hear to stay in that virtual life.
@@darklanov. Visit tunisia and see how the country is doing now. Was it really worth it? The country is unsafe, unstable with a poor economy. Before it was the place everyone wanted to go to, the economy was booming. May god take care of Ben Ali, rest in peace.
@@mC-hb4tr I am Tunisian, born in 1987just when he came to power. Revolting against him was the right thing. The reason why things are not so great is not the fault of the revolutionaries. Getting rid of Ben Ali and hist family was not enough to get rid of his fucking regime. Foreign and domestic forces did their best so that the revolution fails.
@@kaisyaya8492 do you even know what dictatorship is lol ? What we are living now is far from dictatorship at least compared to what we used to live with Ben Ali we are just messed up economically and that's our biggest problem now
@@benfredjsaifeddin3248 you will shall see by yourself , in 87 people didn't thought that Ben Ali will be worse than Bourguiba and yet... i guess when someone don't learn from the past will never predict the future, anyway what it's done is done.
Undoubtedly, this is one of the most critical reports about the Arabian spring. The dynamics of those documented actions could easily explain what happened and what could happen next in Arab republics in any revolution. The attitude of regimes and sequence of events are in the following order 1. Arrogance 2. Recalcitrance 3. Softness 4. Hypocrisy of the adherents. 5. Restore confidence. 6. Non-retrogression of opponents. 7. Surrender 8. Escaping to one of the rich gulf monarchies if they have enough luck, trial or death.
Why do you have Malcolm x as your pfp yet your supporting Arabs? I sure hope you aren’t African American and muslim. Because you should know Arabs did us far worse than Europeans who actually fought and helped free us and get equal rights.the Arabs didn’t and they enslaved us for 2000 years longer than them. They also forced Islam on us and still oppress us till this day in saudi arabia. You may think the Europeans forced Christianity on us but no it was in African Ethiopia 1700 years before they came. African Ethiopia oldest Christian kingdom.
I was only 17 years old when this happened .. the revolution days wont be forgotten and cant be forgotten .. i remember watching the news in disbeleif when they announced he left the country along with his family. I think BEN Ali cared about tunisia at some point but marrying leila , was the beginning of his downfall along with tunisia’s .. People who say tunisia was better under his regime are delusional ..! Their argument is that the prices of tomatoes and potatoes have gone up since then ! They forgot that we had one of the worst police states in the world plus the economy was going to get this bad even if he was still in charge ! Although im disappointed that figures from the deep state like “kamal ltaif “ still prelevant today in tunisia’s political scene but im confident that tunisia wont go back to dictatorship ! I know the current president Qais sais have made some questionnable decisions so far but still he has my support for now . Vive la revolution
Dictators or those with power should learn and know that power belongs to the people and the state is bigger than them, I'm pitying him because in the tone of his message he is feeling regret, fear, uncertainty, confusion, emptiness and weakness, dictator can't live long without power that's why he died just few years after being ousted
I don't think he allowed him, he tricked him into it. It was all planned. I am half Turkish and half Tunisian, watching both countries and watching all the games..
Ben Ali was definitly "tricked" and played, just hear with a careful ear how the Army chief of staff kept telling him : "...yeah maybe return a little bit later just not now..". This only shows how incapable he was which means the country was basically ruled by the Trabelsi thugs who made all the important chess moves, not him.
@@ThePunisher014 I wouldn't say he was tricked, he lived lavishly and he is pretty aware of all what is going around... he just let them do whatever they wanted with impunity! He amassed a staggering wealth while he knew how people lived since he used to do some visits to rural places, and he has an echo of what is going on almost everywhere... those who advance that is a coup they cannot provide a single evidence and even if it is one then good for the people of Tunisia as he was a low-class bandit that nobody really elected who ruled via police state terror and his regime is a loathful blend of kleptocratic, autocratic and to be instated monarchic...
@@ThePunisher014 Those who didn't advise him to return they thought sincerely I guess that things will calm down, and they will work out a plan to make him rule again... and they knew that he has to just stay away a bit since he was triggering the people to a boiling point every time he tried to fool them with his discourses as he will ever go to change and fix things, nobody at that point was really on his side, but they were expecting a reverse of situation if the West backed him again... which was about to happen, but things reached the point of no return during the previous night... definitely there are some missing pieces and some imply that some foreign involvement other than just relaying the news on the ground to the point of sending some snipers, but this is still unfounded claims as his police was very capable of doing more atrocities if they just got a green light and their superior wasn't reluctant since they grew tired also tired of him and the Trabelsis...
Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in the world , overtaking even india and almost double of Pakistan Things could be worse if Islamists come to power , you could turn into a shitty version of Pakistan
@@ramk2443 secondly Pakistani's PM is Imran khan who was democratically elected and was educated in the top institutions of the world including OXFORD instead of being educated at the epicenter of one of the world's largest genocide like Modi PM🇮🇳 i.e. GUJARAT
@@muhammadmahd6429 tbh, although our government is not 100% democratic, but a good percentage of it is , there are some degree of accountability. Also, apart from political freedom , there are good amount of living and freedom of opportunity available. Learning from what happened to countries taken over by Islamists , i conclude we are more than happy, and want to stay this way until a better alternative appears.
One thing I observed about those who call themselves the high and mighty is that they protect their own with so much power but unto others with levity. Rulers should be servants as the people remains their power but to many around the world it’s the reverse. God bless the world.
I Cannot help from laughing when i hear this old Tunisian dictator trying desperately to refuse the reality of the moment and incessantly with a disappearing voice and troubling hearing difficulties expressing his seemingly painful desires to go back to a country his just fled from. A dictator completely blinded by power here. Very funny. But kudos to the generals who handled this situation.
based on my understanding, he didn't fled from it. some people took advantage of him temporarily leaving the country to make it looks like he fled, which fuels the riots and prevent him from going back
He did not flee the country , I'm Tunisian myself and to this day the " revolution " remains a big mystery and what happened behind the scenes is way way way more than " people got angry so president fled " story , there's much more to it , internal and external interferences and we may never know what actually happened.
This is a very good piece, and an eye-opener, much like the video showing muammar gadhafi in his final moments. You get to see that the illusion and appearance of power is not actually power, and behind it all are human beings. Without the strength of the personal use of the army and police, most dictators would fall in a similar fashion. Interesting to see how disillusioned Ben-Ali was right up until the end saying it was the Islamist orchestrating the crew. I think that's what he wanted to believe and what he wanted others to believe but he knew it wasn't true, hence his question about the interior ministry
Islamists are always behind the scenes. Even when protest movements are not initiated by them, they are the only group with enough organization, resources, and external financial support to take advantage of civilian unrest situations. In almost any Arab country of Muslim religion where more or less free elections have been held, they have been won by an Islamist party based on the political model of the Muslim Brotherhood (for decades they followed the strategy of legitimizing themselves through elections against the authoritarian pan-Arabist or nationalist regimes). In fact, for decades only political repression, rigging and coups managed to keep Islamists out of power in countries like Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Syria or Iraq.
Actually we are way far from DeepFake in this case, since to train DeepFake to Tunisian Dialect or even Classic Arabic is a project that nobody started even thinking about since there is almost no curated Data to train it with... so I am going to consider your use of it just as a hype word! So, the only option to fake this is to rely on some talented voice imitators, but this is pretty implausible too.
they won't do it. Did you see how they invited Alan Dershowitz, who's accused of sexually assaulting one of Epstein's accusers, to analyze Maxwell's verdict, and they introduced him as a 'constitutional expert'
@@damhood2033 Incredible! I hadn't seen that. That would make you wonder how many others are involved. Obviously, someone working in the BBC is involved too if they tried to pull this incredible distortion.
Im having chills watching this nd my eyes full of tears i was at age of 14-13 its was the scariest period we’ve ever witnessed in my country following the other episodes that happened in the next years timl the country recently got stabilized in last 2-3 years Stay safe.
You really believe this myth about the pilot being a hero? The pilot left because he was ordered to leave. Also, Benali could have taken another plane, you know? The Saudis didn't let him return.
The translation is terrible. You did not put emphasis on the fact that he used the Tunisian dialect "Derja" instead of formal Arabic for his speech. This detail was crutial back then.
2:39 It was translated as "common language". I believe if they put the word "Derja" most of the international audience won't understand what it means. The translation was not word for word. It was more like a adaptation for English speaking audience.
@@MrBensoltana it should have been Tunisian dialect . Common language could have other meanings. I know it should not be word by word , but it does not deliver the same meaning , that 's why I think it is terrible, plus "what he meant by common language is not the Tunisian dialect , but the "rural accent".
In response to the last sentence "Only one thing would satisfy Tunisia's protestors, and that was for Ben Ali to leave" No, it was another way to satisfy people is to put the Trabelis's mafia family in the jail to show his goodwill but during his last years as a President he was totally disconnected from the reality and that ruled him to his end.
President-“it’s the islamists” President-“Do you think it’s the interior ministry?” Defence minister- “No,no,no for sure it’s the islamists...” Don’t know why but made me laugh, which is sad.
Documents and audio recordings by government officials are usually protected and classified. Even in the United States, documents relating to past events are only barely being declassified
let that not fool you, they replaced a head with another but the key to power are still there. nothing has changed. this is the sad reality of "democracy"
@@phierdling9144 I don't, only idealistic fools believe that the population holds any semblance of power. He who controls the wealth of a nation controls the nation, and in tunisia case like most countries in the world. it ain't the population.
He entrusted them to safe keep the country when he escorted his family and not only did they fail him, they failed all of us. That was the golden age. I pray if have kids they`d have the same safety, security and happiness like we did when we were young. Poor or rich we were happy. Now we`re all on the verge of poverty. I hope Qais said can bring justice to Nahdhaouis who stole from us and altered our future.
Je suis d accord avec toi. Je vie et née en france et d origine tunisienne. Lorsque je vais dans mon pays d origine il n y a plus de sécurité le peuple meurt à petit feu c est devenu l anarchie.
Time has gone so fast, the politics have shifted a lot in our country, we'll always rise in power 🙏 God is gonna get down all the traitors and all the manipulators, gone and present. It shutters our hearts to watch this documentary. We wish we could turn back the hands of time and be more in control of our destiny after January 2011. Thank you BBC ❤ Long live Tunisia 🇹🇳 ✌
Not really, it's been in crisis for a while. The economy isn't doing well. The democratically elected president has taken over all power and dismissed the parliament which is a move widely supported by Tunisians. It is also suffering a brain drain due to skilled Tunisians leaving the country in crisis in hopes of getting a new life somewhere else more stable such as Europe or the Middle East.
we have destroyed our country by getting rid of him. Rip Ben Ali, this shouldnt have happened. We were living in peace, good earnings and a stbale economy with a lot of tourists. Now we are in a shit whole. was it really worth it?!
So, to sum up: the west oligarchs placed a puppet in Tunisia and when they got tired of him, they overthrow him, using in the process all the built up hatred and frustration inside the population. It’s like a climax after lust has built up. Then they replaced him with another one, hoping it will last a few years until the next « ejaculation ». Arabs can’t win this one, it’s impossible. It need’s a miracle. Those guys are always 2 steps ahead.
yeah undoubtedly The tunisian revolution wasn't genuine and probably the west has a big role in it. But what you got wrong is Ben Ali being a puppet. If he was one they will never get tired of him
Can we all take a moment to commend France for rejecting to harbor him in their territory? Also the Saudis always offer a royal welcome to dictators like Ben Ali, Idi Amin etc
Can you take a moment and rewatch the video? It was never confirmed that he was planning to fly to France. And please stop having a small brain, because bin ali and North African dictators are a result of the brutal french colonialism and they are France best friends.
France would've gladly accepted him, afterall they love themselves some loyal ex-colonial puppets that they can exploit their resources especially that rich oil.
In facht seeing such a documentation by a foreign country but not by my homeland tunisia is ashaming. We are left behind in every matter. Tunis bil Tuali!
@@Anonymous-ot6kb what im trying to say is because "they" planned and orchestrated most of the events and to put blame on someone...if "they" wanted to...they could stop it but they did nothing but support what to happen...for their interest..if u know what i mean
Unbelievable how one guy can keep a country in fear for so long..and afterwards he is the most fearful person of all. Nevertheless the president the have now is not better at all , rules like a dictator history repeats itself. Greetings from the Kingdom of Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦👍
Bin Ali was the luckiest dictator in the middle east. He managed to leave the country alive and steal a massive amount of the gold and foreign currency national reserves from the central bank. Qaddafi and Saleh, in Libya and Yemen respectively, died in a mysterious circumstances by the rebels and led the country to an unending war. Another lucky dictator is Bashar Alassad in Syria who was rescued by the Russian military intervention and remained in power after killing more than 500,000 Syrian citizen. This Arab spring is bloody and unfruitful.
>He managed to leave the country alive and steal a massive amount of the gold and foreign currency national reserves from the central bank. till this day there's 0 proof to support this claim.
Perhaps, but for a dictator who personally believe he is the god chosen saviour n protector of his country, beloved by all the people, living in exile may be the worst for him, at least psychologically.
As a Tunisian I have mixed feelings about all this.. I mean was it all in vain? should we feel sorry about Ben Ali era? were we wrong when we raised our heads and claimed for freedom? now darkness is setting in and spreading everywhere and nobody cares anymore.. we lost hope and everyone is fleeing the country.
This film has now won an award .Best short investigative video at DIG awards in Modena Italy DIG stands for Documentari, Inchieste, Giornalismi (“Documentaries, “Investigations”, “Journalism”)
please translate this documentary to arabic!
Hi Mohamed, the original in Arabic is here: th-cam.com/video/vXU1YunrUc0/w-d-xo.html
@@BBCAfrica thank you
فضحتنا يا محمد جاب ربي عملين ليك الكلام بالانقليزية
@@abdelkaderabidi7122 كل شئ مفضوح و العالم أصبح يرى كل شى . صعب اخفاء الحقائق في زمن الانترنت
@@abdelkaderabidi7122 ماو يا سي ذكي فما عباد ما تعرش اللهجة التونسية و اللغة الإنقليزية
I'm a Tunisian and these recordings are historical great job
In fact, I suggest you can make a downfall like a movie. You have the script
@@dheemantanil yeah for the moment it is absolutely not the priority as the country is dying
@@vdghj93 why what happened???
@@dheemantanil nothing really new since the revolution and even slowly before, the country was in bad economic position. There is no good climate for foreign investment, inequalities have increased in the country, unemployment too, there is also a huge political crisis and the people only believe at 2 or 3% in the honesty of the political parties. The new president has good motivations for the country but he cannot act like he wants because of bureaucracy and dependence to the monetary fund as Tunisia has a huge debt. Plus the hate between the people has also increased and more than 70% of the youth wanna leave the country. 59% of the population think it was way better under dictatorship.
So no, democracy doesnt cure all the problems, it can also worsen the situation. The only benefit of the revolution was freedom of speech honestly
@@vdghj93 you don’t have a genuine democracy yet. Qais Saeed is a dictator. Even if you elected a figure who seems now to be acting exactly like a dictator. You need to clean the state itself in depth. But yes democracy doesn’t solve all problems but supposedly gives mean to face them with limited corruption if done right. The people need to safeguard it. Keeping it under constant maintenance and watch. With full civil rights.
These historical audio recordings show how the dictator felt behind closed doors . He was afraid , anxious , suspicious , uncertain , and desperate .
that's a typical characteristics of dictators. they're afraid of their own people. they hide behind walls and fortifications
I adored how Tunisians put hand in hand to kick him outta Tunisia, i wish a bright future to this beautiful neighbour country 🇹🇳🇩🇿
True , he sounded very distrustful of every one,, he was calling them just because he could..if he truelly trusted his generals he would have not left so early..
Compared with Ceausescu, he did seem much more calmer.
@@SenyorCapitàCollons Totally different situations .
My adoration and respect to the brave man shouting alone on the streets: don't be afraid!
I think he's a lawyer!
Seriously what a Legend, that dude has balls of steel.
Great work here by BBC. Credit when credit is due.
No big surprise but a genuine recording that documents the last hours of the corrupt Tunisian dictator that ruled for 23 years with fear and blood.
What I realized listening to these recordings:
- Behind all the power façade, there was a house of card ready to fall. The amateurism of the regime is shocking. You'd expect a crisis cell / Taskforce leading the response to the major crisis facing the regime. But no. A call here with the defense minister, a call there with a friend. Nothing structured. The regime had clearly 0 preparation for such crises.
- Zine was desperate and lost in his final hours. Very ill advised. Loyalists to him were virtually non-existent with everyone telling him not to return. This in particular represented a historical opportunity for Tunisia to start a new era with a relatively low cost
- The pilot deciding to leave is a question mark. Who gave him the order? I can't imagine him taking this decision on his own. There must have been some (external) intervention
- The psychosis of Zine and his regime. They lived in a parallel world. Zine didn't understand why the street was so angry. Then he believed that islamists (virtually non-existent with no presence on the ground back then) led the coup d'état. Illusions.
Glad to have been there. Glad that I was 28 at the time. Old enough to remember what was and is still unforgettable. Long live the martyrs. Thank you BBC.
I don't think Zine was "psychotic" and "lived in a parallel world". I think he genuinely knew that the protesters/his citizens were angry at him specifically and:
1) Zine didn't care about the common citizen and his/her grievances anyways
2) Zine thought the army/security forces could successfully shut down the protests on their own
3) Zine was desperately trying to remain alive and in legitimate power - principally by shifting the blame to "Islamists", the Interior Ministry, some sort of coup d'état conspiracy, etc. (anyone, really), if not for his citizens, then for his own government's/loyalists' consumption. He would also offer up the excuse that he "served" the streets to further legitimize himself.
All of it was for nothing, of course, and you correctly pointed out that Zine's staff saw the opportunity to be had from him leaving the country temporarily and they took advantage of the situation. I think Zine genuinely thought he was still in power while on the plane and everyone Zine called was just trying to either stall for time or perform their legal obligations to the point where they can't be accused of any wrongdoing (because technically, they did do their job all the way to the point when the PM took control).
I was 15 years old when this occurred. Will never forget how these times brought us together.
and splitted the country afterwards...
What did you as a nation and the public benefit from this violent chaotic protest? You’re worse off now than before
@@Darkev77 tfw you overthrow a dictator only to get another dictator
@@somedude0921 fr
@@Darkev77 Unstable, but improvable freedom > stable tyranny
Unlike the corrupt military officials in the majority of the arab world, tunisians can be proud of their army making the choice of political neutrality and democracy.
That's a rosy way of seeing things: rather the military saw the writing on the wall and figured they could best save themselves by getting rid of Ben Ali.
@@Katyusha666 Loool, did you see what the Kazakhstan military just did to their people? Or the Syrian military?🤦🏻♀️
@@farzana6676 Apples and oranges.
@@Katyusha666 I was 15 years old in the time of the Revolution.Since they came down to the streets, the Army never shot at people and they protected them from the police and protected government buildings thats it. There are even many videos taken by normal people of that.
@@bigmonkedong That doesn't prove I'm wrong, it only proves the army was level headed at the time. Ben Ali ruled more than 20 years, the army supported him the whole time - how do you explain that?
The second Zine stepped on that plane, everybody from the government to the defense ministry to the lowly pilot and bodyguard... they all knew he was fucked. These "loyalists" and "confidants" that Zine put in high positions of power, in the end, were just "yes" men - gladly throwing Zine under the bus for their own survival. Of course they would deny that these recordings are genuine, because acknowledging it would implicate them further with the stench of the old regime.
Exactly
Thank you Eddie … 💯
That’s the biggest truth this tapes reveal 💯💯💯💯
I was only 11 years old when all of this happened.. Watching this made me cry.. Rest in peace to all of those who sacrificed their lives, so that we have freedoms in our beloved country.
It made me cringe tbh, all these lifes fir nothing
Given what happened, I'd consider these recordings to be historic.
Tunisia 🇹🇳 can get more support if they call for other Sub Saharan countries to support them and not just the Northern countries. We as Africans can help each other out and bring out awareness .
Respect from Egypt 🇪🇬
tunisia is only located in the african continent, other than that they don’t really share any sort of history or relationship w the rest of africa. they share more with other arab and mediterranean countries than they do w any sub saharan african country
@Salvatore Beneventi 😂😂😂What money can little Tunisia provide? 😂😂😂 Doesn't Tunisia have a smaller economy than some of the counties in my country?
@Salvatore Beneventi Wow. You really can't read can you? But anyway, I imagine good American schools could teach you English.
@Salvatore Beneventi Nigeria have the biggest economy in Africa so wtf r u saying
this short documentary gave me chills, i was 7 years old when this happened in my home tunisia and watching this so well made by BBC gave me alot of pride and fascination
And nostalgia
Presidents are always vulnerable, very isolated and unaware of happenings around them.
King Louis XVI was beheaded for that reason
Once you hold the top spot, your automatically alone. Your mates that were with you since day one would seperate themselves since you reached the goal. Maintaining it is a whole different ball game.
Lonely at the top.
So he didn't leave with the intention of stepping down.
He was simply too incompetent to understand that leaving would mean stepping down.
yup clearly
He was afraid and everyone around him has pushed him to take that flight. The Actors in Tunisia were knowing at that time that the Exil of ben ali will shrink the protest. And it will make it easy so in the coming days they can put all the blame on him without being guilty for being complicit in the system
The protesters in authoritarian countries in Asia should do this too. People are sick and tired of these corrupt, self-serving and murderous regimes.
If these recordings are true you get to grapple with the fact that behind all the facade it's just a puny human being afraid of another human being
The Arab spring is an impactful and important landmark in African history I hope it is taught in schools
It was nothing than a western backed intervention of Libya. Only kinda worked for Tunisia and Egypt just has the same thing they had before LOL
@@AliAbrahem Your statement reveals how ignorant you are on how revolutions evolve. Sad!
@@Katyusha666 he might be right tho.
@@StoicS4m0r41 He's not - although Western countries have intervened in Libya it is too simplistic to argue that they fomented the uprisings throughout the Arab world. That's no different from the conspiracy theory that the Russians got Trump elected.
@@AliAbrahem It’s easy to simplify revolutions made by discontent people with “The CIA did it”. Even if that was the case, the CIA would still need people from there to successfully overthrow the dictators
the people of tunisia deserve a genuine democracy freedom of speech but the stark reality that nothing has changed the Tunisian police should be held to account for there mistreatment of the people the judges must stop being corrupt no one is above the law no-one
More power to my Tunisia n brother n sisters love from Pakistan 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰.
Intriguing!!! All these African dictators who always end up as cowards after all.
Well said .. really well said!
never forget those days, so proud of being part of this people, and a small part of this revolution. Since my father died in a hunger strike on the 22nd of May 2008, I have been wondering if we will be able to make any changes in this country and after 2 years it finally happened.
The pilot.
What if, he did not "disobey" the president, but was obeying someone who possessed the authority to do so?
I mean, the Defense Minister and the Interim President could have done things.
That's exactly what happened. The pilot don't get orders from the president directly but from the head of the presidential security. The pilot called his boss and asked him what to do? The head of the security told him to get back home by morning alone.
I think ben ali would end up like Gaddafi in Libya if he came back
@@hedyl8029 no way it’s not the same dynamics as in Libya at all in Tunisia u serious ? 😂 people here have never seen arms except on soldiers I can’t imagine us with guns lol
@@briksouhir9625 gaddafi got beaten up until he died
It would be better if they just used a gun instead of making him suffer haha
These calls have indirectly changed the world. I don't know if you understand, but if Ben Ali had not been deposed, then the Arab Spring would certainly not have taken this magnitude. It would never have led to a civil war in Libya and Syria. It's really surprising and sad at the same time.
Dont forget egypt
It is not an Arab spring, It was a painful long winter that we still suffer its consequences, of course the ignitors and the west never cared about the simple people on the streets, for them its business as usual, geopolitical changes of influence
@@otaibi4ever91 tunisia is chilling tho
@@cocobread2569 only Tunisia. Egypt got Sissi, Libya, Yemen and Syria have a civil war…
It's all a plan, always follow the money ! Who's benefits all this ... Let's thank that there was not too much blood on the street.
One person can't ruin a country all by himself
I commend BBC for carrying out comprehensive and in-depth investigations to bring the Truth for all to savour. Keep up the good work.
Yeah it's the first time the BBC have been back to that type of actual news reporting in the last 6 year. Normally it's just people talking about they're feelings and how they deny science on the BBC
The recordings weren't obtained by the BBC , it was obtained by the Tunisian local police, BBC are just reporting about it
Ben Ali : I served the street.
He was disconnected from his People for so long. And all the people around him was telling what he needed to hear to stay in that virtual life.
He served nothing but his own throne and hist own interests. May he rot in hell.
@@darklanov. Visit tunisia and see how the country is doing now. Was it really worth it? The country is unsafe, unstable with a poor economy. Before it was the place everyone wanted to go to, the economy was booming. May god take care of Ben Ali, rest in peace.
@@mC-hb4tr I am Tunisian, born in 1987just when he came to power. Revolting against him was the right thing. The reason why things are not so great is not the fault of the revolutionaries. Getting rid of Ben Ali and hist family was not enough to get rid of his fucking regime. Foreign and domestic forces did their best so that the revolution fails.
@@darklanov should remove ennahda
@@mC-hb4tr It's already removed from power
The weird thing is he understood them after 23 yrs.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nope in Tunisia no one understands nothing I live in Tunisia and I know
God bless the people of Tunisia 🇹🇳.
This is one of the most bizarre recordings ever between a country's leader and his advisors. Strange!
this got recommended to me after assad fall, this is a sign
may the arad people find a bright future inshallah
Great documentary and shows how strong tunisians are
yet we are back to dictatorship, it's a joke of a country lol
@@kaisyaya8492 exactly. Some geniuses over there.
@@kaisyaya8492 do you even know what dictatorship is lol ? What we are living now is far from dictatorship at least compared to what we used to live with Ben Ali we are just messed up economically and that's our biggest problem now
@@benfredjsaifeddin3248 you will shall see by yourself , in 87 people didn't thought that Ben Ali will be worse than Bourguiba and yet... i guess when someone don't learn from the past will never predict the future, anyway what it's done is done.
I’m Nigerian and I find this video quite informative about the toppling of Ben Ali. Great Job BBC
Great news coverage, with the footage, and translations, gives me a strong documentary feeling
Long live Tunisia! Long live freedom of people! Bangladesh Zindabad 🇧🇩
U live in Bangladesh ?
Undoubtedly, this is one of the most critical reports about the Arabian spring.
The dynamics of those documented actions could easily explain what happened and what could happen next in Arab republics in any revolution.
The attitude of regimes and sequence of events are in the following order
1. Arrogance
2. Recalcitrance
3. Softness
4. Hypocrisy of the adherents.
5. Restore confidence.
6. Non-retrogression of opponents.
7. Surrender
8. Escaping to one of the rich gulf monarchies if they have enough luck, trial or death.
Why do you have Malcolm x as your pfp yet your supporting Arabs? I sure hope you aren’t African American and muslim. Because you should know Arabs did us far worse than Europeans who actually fought and helped free us and get equal rights.the Arabs didn’t and they enslaved us for 2000 years longer than them. They also forced Islam on us and still oppress us till this day in saudi arabia. You may think the Europeans forced Christianity on us but no it was in African Ethiopia 1700 years before they came. African Ethiopia oldest Christian kingdom.
@@rio.escobo
Please go and complete your education.
@@rio.escobo lol go research what malcom X said after he visited mecca
race traitor, a Africa celebrating the Arab oppressors joy? Pathetic.
@@sadeksama5057 you know it is the destiny of a African man to destroy your kaaba in mecca ? Uh oh sounds like war.
I was only 17 years old when this happened .. the revolution days wont be forgotten and cant be forgotten .. i remember watching the news in disbeleif when they announced he left the country along with his family.
I think BEN Ali cared about tunisia at some point but marrying leila , was the beginning of his downfall along with tunisia’s ..
People who say tunisia was better under his regime are delusional ..!
Their argument is that the prices of tomatoes and potatoes have gone up since then !
They forgot that we had one of the worst police states in the world plus the economy was going to get this bad even if he was still in charge !
Although im disappointed that figures from the deep state like “kamal ltaif “ still prelevant today in tunisia’s political scene but im confident that tunisia wont go back to dictatorship ! I know the current president Qais sais have made some questionnable decisions so far but still he has my support for now .
Vive la revolution
"worst police states in the world" you havent been in tunis's streets these last 10 years right?
Dictators or those with power should learn and know that power belongs to the people and the state is bigger than them, I'm pitying him because in the tone of his message he is feeling regret, fear, uncertainty, confusion, emptiness and weakness, dictator can't live long without power that's why he died just few years after being ousted
I think Tunisia is way better without Ben Ali than he was. These fools don't learn. Choices have consequences.
It is regrettable that these criminals didn't face justice, including the army generals who allowed him to escape...
I don't think he allowed him, he tricked him into it. It was all planned. I am half Turkish and half Tunisian, watching both countries and watching all the games..
Ben Ali was definitly "tricked" and played, just hear with a careful ear how the Army chief of staff kept telling him : "...yeah maybe return a little bit later just not now..".
This only shows how incapable he was which means the country was basically ruled by the Trabelsi thugs who made all the important chess moves, not him.
@@ThePunisher014 I wouldn't say he was tricked, he lived lavishly and he is pretty aware of all what is going around... he just let them do whatever they wanted with impunity! He amassed a staggering wealth while he knew how people lived since he used to do some visits to rural places, and he has an echo of what is going on almost everywhere... those who advance that is a coup they cannot provide a single evidence and even if it is one then good for the people of Tunisia as he was a low-class bandit that nobody really elected who ruled via police state terror and his regime is a loathful blend of kleptocratic, autocratic and to be instated monarchic...
@@ThePunisher014 Those who didn't advise him to return they thought sincerely I guess that things will calm down, and they will work out a plan to make him rule again... and they knew that he has to just stay away a bit since he was triggering the people to a boiling point every time he tried to fool them with his discourses as he will ever go to change and fix things, nobody at that point was really on his side, but they were expecting a reverse of situation if the West backed him again... which was about to happen, but things reached the point of no return during the previous night... definitely there are some missing pieces and some imply that some foreign involvement other than just relaying the news on the ground to the point of sending some snipers, but this is still unfounded claims as his police was very capable of doing more atrocities if they just got a green light and their superior wasn't reluctant since they grew tired also tired of him and the Trabelsis...
@@anoirbentanfous Hey, are you Tunisian, living in Tunisia?
Bangladesh needs something like this. But the problem is Bangladeshi security forces or police doesn't fire tear shell...they fire live bullets.
Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in the world , overtaking even india and almost double of Pakistan
Things could be worse if Islamists come to power , you could turn into a shitty version of Pakistan
@@ramk2443 so according to you people should murder freedom for a better economy. A piece of paper has no IMPACT on one's life, freedom has !
@@ramk2443 secondly Pakistani's PM is Imran khan who was democratically elected and was educated in the top institutions of the world including OXFORD instead of being educated at the epicenter of one of the world's largest genocide like Modi PM🇮🇳 i.e. GUJARAT
@@muhammadmahd6429 tbh, although our government is not 100% democratic, but a good percentage of it is , there are some degree of accountability. Also, apart from political freedom , there are good amount of living and freedom of opportunity available.
Learning from what happened to countries taken over by Islamists , i conclude we are more than happy, and want to stay this way until a better alternative appears.
We need a new government in Bangladesh
One thing I observed about those who call themselves the high and mighty is that they protect their own with so much power but unto others with levity. Rulers should be servants as the people remains their power but to many around the world it’s the reverse. God bless the world.
I Cannot help from laughing when i hear this old Tunisian dictator trying desperately to refuse the reality of the moment and incessantly with a disappearing voice and troubling hearing difficulties expressing his seemingly painful desires to go back to a country his just fled from. A dictator completely blinded by power here. Very funny. But kudos to the generals who handled this situation.
based on my understanding, he didn't fled from it. some people took advantage of him temporarily leaving the country to make it looks like he fled, which fuels the riots and prevent him from going back
He did not flee the country , I'm Tunisian myself and to this day the " revolution " remains a big mystery and what happened behind the scenes is way way way more than " people got angry so president fled " story , there's much more to it , internal and external interferences and we may never know what actually happened.
@@Emforlife445 I completely agree. We will never know the full truth
This is a very good piece, and an eye-opener, much like the video showing muammar gadhafi in his final moments. You get to see that the illusion and appearance of power is not actually power, and behind it all are human beings. Without the strength of the personal use of the army and police, most dictators would fall in a similar fashion.
Interesting to see how disillusioned Ben-Ali was right up until the end saying it was the Islamist orchestrating the crew. I think that's what he wanted to believe and what he wanted others to believe but he knew it wasn't true, hence his question about the interior ministry
Islamists are always behind the scenes. Even when protest movements are not initiated by them, they are the only group with enough organization, resources, and external financial support to take advantage of civilian unrest situations. In almost any Arab country of Muslim religion where more or less free elections have been held, they have been won by an Islamist party based on the political model of the Muslim Brotherhood (for decades they followed the strategy of legitimizing themselves through elections against the authoritarian pan-Arabist or nationalist regimes). In fact, for decades only political repression, rigging and coups managed to keep Islamists out of power in countries like Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Syria or Iraq.
Bro this could be a meme, specially when he called asking wtf hapenning 🤣🤣🤣
This is not the full truth , the records are cutted . And why after 11 years .
When a dictator leave the country, he is no longer one.
Ben Ali: Do you advise me to come back? (just after 1 mins after departure)
Officials: Welcome, but we've just buried you
The recordings sounded quite authentic to me. Some nuances in these conversations would be too difficult to fake in my opinion.
BBC wouldn't release this unless they are dead sure that it is authentic!
BBC is very careful no doubt, but we must always be wary of deep fakes which often sound quite authentic to the untrained ear.
Actually we are way far from DeepFake in this case, since to train DeepFake to Tunisian Dialect or even Classic Arabic is a project that nobody started even thinking about since there is almost no curated Data to train it with... so I am going to consider your use of it just as a hype word! So, the only option to fake this is to rely on some talented voice imitators, but this is pretty implausible too.
@@anoirbentanfous yes, precisely, and that's a good thing in this case!
i agree!
When will the BBC unearth some recordings between Prince Andrew and his friends/family members?
they won't do it. Did you see how they invited Alan Dershowitz, who's accused of sexually assaulting one of Epstein's accusers, to analyze Maxwell's verdict, and they introduced him as a 'constitutional expert'
@@damhood2033 I know they won’t; they’ll never criticise the monarchy, they’re cheerleaders for the palace and always have been.
@@damhood2033 Incredible! I hadn't seen that. That would make you wonder how many others are involved. Obviously, someone working in the BBC is involved too if they tried to pull this incredible distortion.
Im having chills watching this nd my eyes full of tears i was at age of 14-13 its was the scariest period we’ve ever witnessed in my country following the other episodes that happened in the next years timl the country recently got stabilized in last 2-3 years
Stay safe.
This thief owned multiple property in expensive neighbourhood. The canadian government seized all of them
Tunisia was better under this thief
Damn, that was intense. I think he got played and the pilot was told to leave the family in saudi arabia.
Yes
The pilot is also a hero... He wasn't waiting for a loser and "nobody", he had other flights to conduct back home instead of waiting for a "nobody"
You really believe this myth about the pilot being a hero? The pilot left because he was ordered to leave. Also, Benali could have taken another plane, you know? The Saudis didn't let him return.
Lmao please shut up
a tunisian here 🙋🇹🇳 i loveeee the animation.
True it's so good
The translation is terrible. You did not put emphasis on the fact that he used the Tunisian dialect "Derja" instead of formal Arabic for his speech. This detail was crutial back then.
2:39
It was translated as "common language". I believe if they put the word "Derja" most of the international audience won't understand what it means. The translation was not word for word. It was more like a adaptation for English speaking audience.
@@MrBensoltana it should have been Tunisian dialect . Common language could have other meanings. I know it should not be word by word , but it does not deliver the same meaning , that 's why I think it is terrible, plus "what he meant by common language is not the Tunisian dialect , but the "rural accent".
In response to the last sentence "Only one thing would satisfy Tunisia's protestors, and that was for Ben Ali to leave"
No, it was another way to satisfy people is to put the Trabelis's mafia family in the jail to show his goodwill but during his last years as a President he was totally disconnected from the reality and that ruled him to his end.
Thank you so much for sharing this historical content!
President-“it’s the islamists”
President-“Do you think it’s the interior ministry?”
Defence minister- “No,no,no for sure it’s the islamists...”
Don’t know why but made me laugh, which is sad.
I have a simple question to BBC. Why the recording have been released now? After 11 years of the actual events?
Documents and audio recordings by government officials are usually protected and classified. Even in the United States, documents relating to past events are only barely being declassified
The pilot carried back passengers at half price as a side hustle
😂😂...apparently he took all the fares to his pocket and reported to have flown solo with no passengers
Tunisia - a country of the free & brave Masha'Allah
let that not fool you, they replaced a head with another but the key to power are still there. nothing has changed. this is the sad reality of "democracy"
@@altumurnemtzra2026
I mean tunisia's real power:
it's population!
Don't you agree?
@@phierdling9144 I don't, only idealistic fools believe that the population holds any semblance of power.
He who controls the wealth of a nation controls the nation, and in tunisia case like most countries in the world. it ain't the population.
"Murderer of souls", damn, I never hear that one. That's an intense claim.
It's a literal translation of a Tunisian expression. If I were to translate it, I would translate it to just 'murderer'
He entrusted them to safe keep the country when he escorted his family and not only did they fail him, they failed all of us. That was the golden age. I pray if have kids they`d have the same safety, security and happiness like we did when we were young. Poor or rich we were happy. Now we`re all on the verge of poverty. I hope Qais said can bring justice to Nahdhaouis who stole from us and altered our future.
Je suis d accord avec toi. Je vie et née en france et d origine tunisienne. Lorsque je vais dans mon pays d origine il n y a plus de sécurité le peuple meurt à petit feu c est devenu l anarchie.
@@ressab6978 My Tunisian ex born and raised in France used to say the same to me. He used to say he didin`t recognise Tunisian life anymore.
I'm Tunisian and all i can say is what is done is done.
Was it good or bad?
This is why I love BBC the hard work.
It's fake, don't be so proud
Hard work?? 🤣🤣🤣
BBC didn't obtain shit , local tunisian police did , bbc is just reporting about it
bbc is trash
@@RAPEDBYBLACKS exactly just a typical msm outlet
The pilot has guts 😂😂😂
I know, right"? Just upped and left
It was a historical moment when we learned about the plane landed without ben ali
He was following the orders of the military to return without Ben Ali
Ofcourse under orders. It was not his choice
Can't believe how gullible people can be!
I have tromendous respect for the Tunisians that overthrow the dictator Zebedine Al Bedine Ben Ali by Steve Irungu Jermaine
Time has gone so fast, the politics have shifted a lot in our country, we'll always rise in power 🙏 God is gonna get down all the traitors and all the manipulators, gone and present. It shutters our hearts to watch this documentary. We wish we could turn back the hands of time and be more in control of our destiny after January 2011. Thank you BBC ❤ Long live Tunisia 🇹🇳 ✌
Long live tunisia . Respect from india
This is awesome journalism. Great work by the BBC.
Tunisians were not joking when they said saying enough is enough,much love from Kenya.
Am curious to know if Tunisia is better off now or during Ben Ali, socio-economically. Wish all the best for Tunisia.
Not really, it's been in crisis for a while. The economy isn't doing well. The democratically elected president has taken over all power and dismissed the parliament which is a move widely supported by Tunisians. It is also suffering a brain drain due to skilled Tunisians leaving the country in crisis in hopes of getting a new life somewhere else more stable such as Europe or the Middle East.
The country has basically been in a free fall ever since.
@@stuner9766 I suspect that. I was in Tunis 1 year before the trouble, had nothing to complain, and Tunis was a peaceful town back then.
@@willyh.r.1216 of course it was peaceful, its like going to North Korea and wondering why no one is complaining.
The pilot's guts though😯😯😯
We need more investigative reports from BBC
Nothing eternal in this world, even power.
we have destroyed our country by getting rid of him. Rip Ben Ali, this shouldnt have happened. We were living in peace, good earnings and a stbale economy with a lot of tourists. Now we are in a shit whole. was it really worth it?!
So, to sum up: the west oligarchs placed a puppet in Tunisia and when they got tired of him, they overthrow him, using in the process all the built up hatred and frustration inside the population. It’s like a climax after lust has built up. Then they replaced him with another one, hoping it will last a few years until the next « ejaculation ». Arabs can’t win this one, it’s impossible. It need’s a miracle. Those guys are always 2 steps ahead.
yeah undoubtedly The tunisian revolution wasn't genuine and probably the west has a big role in it. But what you got wrong is Ben Ali being a puppet. If he was one they will never get tired of him
This is a great video. I've watched many times
Can we all take a moment to commend France for rejecting to harbor him in their territory?
Also the Saudis always offer a royal welcome to dictators like Ben Ali, Idi Amin etc
Can you take a moment and rewatch the video? It was never confirmed that he was planning to fly to France.
And please stop having a small brain, because bin ali and North African dictators are a result of the brutal french colonialism and they are France best friends.
France would've gladly accepted him, afterall they love themselves some loyal ex-colonial puppets that they can exploit their resources especially that rich oil.
He was never headed there to begin with … lol
Because likely they will have a large money with them, of course Saudi would welcome them.
"But the pilot disobeys" , It was a military plane that means : the military disobeyed the order... how ?
Look at them now
Nobody:
Him: SHalL I wAit oR coMe noW??
"What have I done to the streets?, I served them!" Ben ali , Rappers why are you sleeping on this bars y'all??
🤣🤣🤣
In facht seeing such a documentation by a foreign country but not by my homeland tunisia is ashaming. We are left behind in every matter. Tunis bil Tuali!
Ever heard of m15,mossad,cia?
@@freshoiled3493 yes always the others. never us. thats why we left behind.
@@Anonymous-ot6kb what im trying to say is because "they" planned and orchestrated most of the events and to put blame on someone...if "they" wanted to...they could stop it but they did nothing but support what to happen...for their interest..if u know what i mean
@@Anonymous-ot6kb they know about this 1st hand because they help and cover most of the important intel
Unbelievable how one guy can keep a country in fear for so long..and afterwards he is the most fearful person of all.
Nevertheless the president the have now is not better at all , rules like a dictator history repeats itself.
Greetings from the Kingdom of Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦👍
Bin Ali was the luckiest dictator in the middle east. He managed to leave the country alive and steal a massive amount of the gold and foreign currency national reserves from the central bank. Qaddafi and Saleh, in Libya and Yemen respectively, died in a mysterious circumstances by the rebels and led the country to an unending war.
Another lucky dictator is Bashar Alassad in Syria who was rescued by the Russian military intervention and remained in power after killing more than 500,000 Syrian citizen. This Arab spring is bloody and unfruitful.
>He managed to leave the country alive and steal a massive amount of the gold and foreign currency national reserves from the central bank.
till this day there's 0 proof to support this claim.
It's always about what the people want .... Greetings from Tunisia
where did bbc get theses vocals from??
A journalist named Mongi Khadhraoui
Over 20 years living like a king and 8 years living in exile. I say Ben Ali won.
Saudis probably treated him like a royal as well while in exile.
And 8 years before dead is nice time for retirement. You live your life almost to the fullest.
Perhaps, but for a dictator who personally believe he is the god chosen saviour n protector of his country, beloved by all the people, living in exile may be the worst for him, at least psychologically.
Sadly.
Army General👨🏻✈️ : " The people want your head, please come back, Mr President! But the decision is yours to make. "
Men! He’s was being a savvy - low key lol
As a Tunisian I have mixed feelings about all this.. I mean was it all in vain? should we feel sorry about Ben Ali era? were we wrong when we raised our heads and claimed for freedom? now darkness is setting in and spreading everywhere and nobody cares anymore.. we lost hope and everyone is fleeing the country.
ربي يفرج عليكم و يفرحكم ♥️🇩🇿🇹🇳
as a tunisian big respect for the pilot he saved us all and all our effort werent in vein
He obviously got these orders feom someone else my dude
@@haleebk5657 man these comment arent from tunisians we love ben ali
@@breakfist6364 Tunisian here, you are delusional.
@@haleebk5657 yeah. This is clearly a coup d'état. Not a real revolution
@@breakfist6364no the fuck we don’t
This film has now won an award .Best short investigative video at DIG awards in Modena Italy DIG stands for Documentari, Inchieste, Giornalismi (“Documentaries, “Investigations”, “Journalism”)
Bashar taking notes rn
8:06 I was going to say that you cant have this documentary without portraying that man
Did Ben Ali say he will be coming in couple of hours? Lmao
Where are the other recordings?
Great investigation like always from BBC .
as a tunisian, this video brought tears to my eyes on more than one occasion..
Down with the taghut and Firauns of the day - I like how this man tried to blame Islaam for his corruption
Wow. Great footage!
during his call with General Ammar, it sounds as though he's talking over him at times.
Sensed the same 😔