He rode horseback into town.

[…] the inevitable result was that the willing horses were overworked. It was a point of honour not to ca’ canny.

Coordinate term: towboat

WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.