first, this is in the streets of misurata. the city surrounded. this is what it looked like sunday under pounding from gadhafi s forces. [ gunfire ] [ gunfire continues ] small hand fulls of poorly armed opposition fighters no match for gadhafi s forces. this is libya s third largest city, packed with people with a war running through it, being fought without consideration for the lives of civilians, being fought with air strikes and artillery fire against poorly
war running through it, being fought without consideration for the lives of civilians, being fought with air strikes and artillery fire against poorly armed people without military training. is this demonstratable need? as for zawia, this is what it looked and sounded like as time was running out. a stream of prayers coming from loud speakers, artillery crews bombarding the town. later, the silence speaks not of calm but of conquest. after a week of onslaught, government forces had beaten zawia into submission by pounding it into pieces on the ground. a nearby mosque hit by a shell. god is great the photographer keeps saying again and again.