Who?

Such a racist article and complete nonsense. See how they wait to the very end of it for them to quote an Egyptian saying this American guy is not the inspiration of the uprising Arabs are capable of thinking for themselves and the writer patronisingly dismisses the ignorant native. According to the BBC Arabs couldn't possibly have thought up such tactics as "Use oppressive or brutal acts by the regime as a recruiting tool for your movement" on their own, only Westerners have the cognitive capabilities to think up such things. So they've gone and discovered the source of all this.