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reporter: that s right. that happened this afternoon here, landed there, and we ve since learned from government sources inside malta that the pilots were defecting because they had been ordered to bomb their own citizens in libya. and we actually have learned from that government source also that the fighter jets were armed with bombs and that the machine guns were loaded when they appear to have fled the country. so that s what s happening, as we look at these pictures out of malta. you also mentioned tripoli. we know the result started in the number two city of bengazi. this is important to point out, this is the capital city. what do we know? are there new signs of cracks in the capital? reporter: we don t know much about tripoli because we haven t been able to get through. moammar gadhafi has been in charge for 42 years, it fell to rebels yesterday and the fighting has been going on ....
Demonstrators. this whole story is moving very, very quickly now. in fact, last night the u.s. state department tells embassy people, their families, get out of libya. and we start hearing about these riots reaching now the capital city, tripoli. so far the violence has flared up only in other cities, libya s ambassador to the arab league resigned saying moammar gadhafi is in his words finished, done. then gadhafi s son goes on libyan tv, here he is, saying the protests must end. or, he says, quote, forget about democracy, forget about reform, and warns of a bloody civil war. we need to point out that obtaining independent confirmation on events happening now in libya is very, very difficult. why? well, the libyan government maintains tight control on communications and has not responded to repeated requests from cnn for access to that country. so cnn s ivan watson is nearby, joining me on the phone from ....