pulling into town after dark, it doesn t feel like a happy place to be right now. misrata was where some of the fiercest and most heroic struggles of the war occurred. resistance was the most determined and the response by the gadhafi forces especially merciless. we ve just learned that earlier in the day, a city councilman who was a hero of the revolution was assassinated, and it s not clear who s responsible. misrata is on full lockdown. another checkpoint. looking around at the price this city paid for freedom, you can see why they don t want to lose what they fought so hard for.
all along the narrow, congested highway, there are checkpoints manned mostly by local militias, and i want to stress, most of them are friendly enough. we are, however, in a hurry to get to misrata before dark. traveling at night around here is not advised. drop the camera. yep, yep. stop the camera. stop the camera. stop. pulling into town after dark, it doesn t feel like a happy place to be right now. misrata was where some of the fiercest and most heroic struggles of the war occurred. resistance was the most determined and the response by the gadhafi forces especially
benghazi. this is a serious tank. his job these days is hunting down former gadhafi supporters. so, the gadhafi forces rolled in. they d use these tanks to fire around the city. around. yeah. it was full of tanks here. this is was the operation room here. now, if you had any doubt about the terrible odds these young revolutionaries were facing during the early days of the fighting, especially in the months before nato came in with air support, check out misrata s war museum. what did this fire? this fire a rocket, homemade. and there s a rocket here, over here, and fire, yeah. you had to have some serious
his job these days is hunting down former gadhafi supporters. so, the gadhafi forces rolled in. they d use these tanks to fire around the city. around. yeah. it was full of tanks here. this is was the operation room here. now, if you had any doubt about the terrible odds these young revolutionaries were facing during the early days of the fighting, especially in the months before nato came in with air support, check out misrata s war museum. what did this fire? this fire a rocket, homemade. and there s a rocket here, over here, and fire, yeah. you had to have some serious courage to ride around with this thing.
get to misrata before dark. traveling at night around here is not advised. drop the camera. yep, yep. stop the camera. stop the camera. stop. pulling into town after dark, it doesn t feel like a happy place to be right now. misrata was where some of the fiercest and most heroic struggles of the war occurred. resistance was the most determined and the response by the gadhafi forces especially merciless. we ve just learned that earlier in the day, a city councilman who was a hero of the revolution was assassinated, and it s not clear who s responsible.