this new-found freedom. the idea that people here are living under a reign of terror is just nonsense. anderson? we go now to tripoli with nic robertson standing by there. nic, a fascinating, close to three-hour speech by moammar gadhafi today. you were there in the room. what was the main thrust of it? i ve read the whole transcript of it. it s a lot of the same stuff we heard, but being in the room, what did you take away from it? reporter: i think there was several things that i take away from it. one is there s a series of warnings to the international community, a series of criticisms of the international community, the u.n. s rush to sanctions, the freezing of his assets, which he said they are not his assets, they re the people s assets. he called it laying siege to the country, he called it piracy. in fact, there is a very clear message for the rebels in the east of the country.
anderson? we go now to tripoli with nic robertson standing by there. a close to three-hour speech by moammar gadhafi today. you were there in the room. what was the main thrust of it? i ve read the whole transcript of it. it s a lot of the same stuff we heard, but being in the room, what did you take away from it? reporter: i think there was several things that i take away from it. one, is there s a series of warnings to the international community, a series of criticisms for the international community, the freezing of his assets, which he said they are not his assets, they re the people s assets. he called it laying siege to the country, he called it piracy. in fact, there is a very clear message for the rebels in the east of the country. there s perhaps the biggest thing i would say that you see and hear here, over 2 1/2 hours. this is moammar gadhafi rallying his people.