to hold on to power and he has done so successfully, especially in the capital of tripoli where he has brought in mercenary folks to shoot indiscriminately at civilians. in the eastern part of the country where we are, the rebels have control and although colonel gadhafi has taken to the air waves and said essentially that the libyan people love me, clearly it is not the case here. this mural used to hang above the main square here, faith, honor and glory in the name of gadhafi. now the residents here have torn it down and take pleasure in stomping on it. this is one of the many pictures of himself gadhafi put up in towns all over his country. of course, defacing one was punishable by torture or death. it s important to understand where we re at. the main square. behind it, the police station where they used to torture those
anti-aircraft guns firing at certain mosques that rally the protestors. they are beginning to try to stage forces to then move west into tripoli and into some of these towns to finally toss khadafy out. he has been making speeches on libyan state television. during one, libyan people love me, clearly at least in this part of the country, they do not. this mural used to hang above the main square, faith, honor and glory in the name of khadafy. now, the residents have torn it down and take pleasure in stomping on it. this is one of many pictures of khadafy put up in towns all over his country. defacing one was punishable by torture or death. it s important to understand where we re at. the main square behind the
country. defacing one was punishable by for or death. it is important to understand where we re at. the main square behind us, the police station where they used to torture those who would daresay anything bad about qadhafi now flying above it is the flag of the revolution. the same flag that a week ago would have resulted in death. as bottle sighs are saying they are will to fight to the death this may both sides are saying they are willing to fight to the death this may be who is willing to spill the most blood. a young man who had been wounded in the abdomen, shot during the first day of the protest, i asked was it worth his gunshot wound which was extremely painful? he said i would gladly take 100 bullets for my freedom. uma: amazing courage. the white house has imposed sanctions on libya and closed its embassy. the u.n. human rights council
say they will continue to push west. qadaffi has taken to the wear avenues claiming that everyone in libya loves him. here that is not the case. this mural used to hang above the main square. faith, honor and glory in the name of qadaffi. now, the residents have torn it down and take pleasure in stomping on it. this is one of the many pictures of himself that qadaffi put up h towns all over his country. defacing one was punishable by torture or death. it is important to understand where we are at. the main square behind it the police station where they used to torture those who would dare say anything bad about qadaffi, now flying above it is the flag of the revolution, the same flag that just a week ago would have resulted in death.