Gadhafi Control News Today

youll experience all of that in the hour ahead through the eyes and minds of my colleagues and friends, where it happened right from the start. january 2011, the first rumblings of an uprising in cairo. crowds began to gather in the city central of tahrir square. a revolution has begun. >> what is your message to president mubarak? >> he should leave tonight. >> hosni mubarak should be egypts dictator for 30 years, and the growing crowd of protesters want him out. but mubarak digs in, ...

else from the cnn team and other networks from around the world who gathered over the last few weeks to report on the libya story from the rixos hotel, that last bash of pro-gadhafi control in the libyan capital, they are now free. they are driving through the streets of tripoli headed to a safer location. they were running out of food, they were running out of water. hopefully -- well, hopefully theyll be able to have a regular meal, call their loved ones, have a glass of water, take ...

They have arrest warrants out for him. the question is will the libyans just give them up or want some sort of trial themselves. this is, of course, exactly what we saw in iraq with saddam hussein who also had an arrest warrant with the icc. it remains to be seen. at this point, the fighting is still raging, not just at the compound where gadhafi perhaps is but also in the district that is still under gadhafi control. by the way, the entire town of sert is still under loyalist control. so we are...

good morning to you. it is tuesday, august 23rd. this is "am: wake up call." im carol costello live in new york. lets get started with that big storm crashing through the atlantic ocean right now. irene is getting ever more powerful and may be heading toward the united states. people in south carolina already getting ready for irene. the hurricane is near the dominican republic right now. take a look at the storm from the international space station. irene is now a category 2 hurricane...

International community really reacted. this time it took 3 1/2 weeks. so theres real progress. >> and what are people on the ground saying? the average libyan, if you will. are they happy with the military intervention? >> theres no doubt that people in eastern libya are overwhelmingly happy with intervention. now, it is true that people in eastern libya have always been more antagonistic towards gadhafi. in western libya, its harder to gauge because theyre under gadhafi control and people cant...

Were continuing to follow the unrest in north america and the middle east. the king of bahrain today imposed a state of emergency to last for three months. there have been weeks of anti-government protests in bahrain. part of a wave of demonstrations that have swept through the arab world. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have sent troops into bahrain. the bahrainian government says the troops are there to protect citizens. and the los angeles times is reporting that the rebel-held se...

The army right beside him. so i think those doctors in zawiya hospital are probably in some danger now, and there is a big roundup of residents, of young men, dozens being arrested, mass arrests there. and i think those young men are in for a torrid time. >> this is a town very close to tripoli. no doubt gadhafi will claim this is a major victory. but the fact that it took so long for his better trained, highly trained, probably the best unit they have in the libyan army to take the town, what d...

In benghazi perhaps, the same bunch of guys jumps back into that car and drives to the rear. sometimes you see them arguing along the way, different groups saying we should stay and fight, we should dig trenches, lets move forward. often times its lets get in the car and get the hell out of here. theres no organization. there have been attempts, and we see it day after day, experienced military officers who left the libyan army, who are trying to tell them, look, its not so good to move ahead. g...

Call them a rag tag army and they didnt really have that many munitions. they had a few anti-aircraft guns. it took them a long time to take that area. now, saif gadhafi is talking about a big military offensive in the east. if it took them that long to take zawia, how long will it really take for them to regain control of benghazi, and on the other hand, they have got the rebels in the east on the back foot. they attacked them today by land, air and even sea. so gadhafi has got military momentu...

Best unit they have in the libyan army to take the town, what does that tell you? >> reporter: anderson, it is a victory for gadhafi in one sense in that this was the back door to tripoli, if you like. this was his backyard, and hes now closed that door. all of the west really is in his grip and under his control. i dont think, for example, in tripoli youre going to see any popular uprising at all. but on the other hand, as you say, it took the brigade, the 32nd battalion run by gadhafis fifth s...