you ve seen the videos from zawia. you see sticks and rocks and some light weaponry, but 31 opposition tanks in zawia and 45 artillery pieces? that is the government s claim. they also say they did not want bloodshed. in tripoli, government forces launched tear gas and fired on the streets. remember, all week the regime has been calling tripoli calm, painting over anti-government slogans and sponsoring pro-government rallies. not allowing reporters to go out to areas where anti-government protesters were operating. people were kelling us gadhafi forces have been going door to door, rounding up dissidents, hauling them away and in some cases killing them. despite all this, protesters came out in tripoli. an overflow crowd praying outside a mosque. according to eyewitnesss, they were fired upon. watch. [ gunfire ]