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>> you have a future now. >> yeah. there was no future in libya before gadhafis regime. we were slaves for gadhafi. >> oh, this looks good. >> yeah, it is. >> barracuda is a seafood restaurant just outside of town on the mediterranean coast. >> one of the best foods in libya, i think, the seafood. >> the menu is not printed on paper. its laid out right there for you on ice. >> we have dote here. >> what do they do? they just grill that? >> yeah, they grill it. some garlic, some sauce. its really...

>> yeah. >> i could use some of that. >> its gadhafi. hes beautiful, you know. and this is the first martyr of misrata. >> that was the first. >> yeah, thats the first one. >> who was he? not a soldier. >> no, no, no, just a normal guy. they went out to protest the first rally, and somebody come in and shoot him. so, next day, the whole city came out. thats when everything started. >> these are photos of those killed during the uprising, combatants and bystanders alike. >> her name is muna. she ...

He was there, gun in hand, when they stormed gadhafis palace compound. happy? excited? good day? yeah. >> give to me nice feeling, nice feeling that gadhafi -- he has killed my cousin! how should i be feeling? exactly, im feeling good, because i want to kill him. i dont want to see anyone dying more. he has killed for nothing! the first time i think that killing people is bad, but hes leave me do that, because if i dont kill him, hes kill me. >> right. its nice to see freedom. its nice to see th...

Morning in misrata. >> hows the vibe? >> its all quite quiet and still at the moment. >> daylight reveals the extent of the fighting that took place here not so long ago. ♪ >> this here used to be a vegetable market. clothes. one of gadhafis soldiers clothes. >> he left him here and ran? >> yeah. thats what they did in tripoli. we head to the city. remove their clothes and run away in the streets so nobody would know who are they. >> this is hanid, one of the guys we called the misrata boys, b...

♪ they hunger for places like this. kentucky fried chicken. uncle kentucky fried chicken. >> uncle kentucky. >> okay. the colonel and his buddies, the king and the clown, have not quite made it here, given the uncertainty of the situation. so, in the meantime, places like this have been popping up. uncle kentucky. awesome. ♪ >> do you know where kentucky is? >> kentucky is from usa. >> a part. yeah. >> yeah. >> this place is new? >> yeah, is new. before gadhafi -- >> impossible. >> yeah. and...

>> michel cousins is the co-founder of the english language paper "the libya herald," and has known several different libyas in his lifetime. >> for so long, the news has been the personality. gadhafi turned up to open a shopping center. gadhafi turned up to open an envelope. those of us who knew libya, who knew it was another libya, a wonderful people, would talk about it as you would talk about a dead person. do you remember this? do you remember that? then in february 2011, suddenly there was...

[ chanting ] >> so, before the war, did you think it would ever be possible? >> no, no. >> did you dream some day this will change? >> no. in gadhafis time, you cannot say a word. you get killed. thats it. it was impossible. then i joined the group, you know? >> right. >> the militia. >> omar is young and was even younger when the fighting started. he, like so many libyans from around the country and many who had left, heeded the calls for revolution on facebook and twitter. they fought in tripo...

They hunger for places like this. kentucky fried chicken. uncle kentucky fried chicken. >> uncle kentucky. >> okay. the colonel and his buddies, the king and the clown, have not quite made it here, given the uncertainty of the situation. so, in the meantime, places like this have been popping up. uncle kentucky. awesome. ♪ >> do you know where kentucky is? >> kentucky is from usa. >> a part. yeah. >> yeah. >> this place is new? >> yeah, is new. before gadhafi -- >> impossible. >> yeah. and now...

People who have mortars. >> and tanks. >> tanks. >> tanks, yeah. >> youre shooting this at tanks? >> yeah, because thats what we got at the time. >> its what you had. its awesome. >> the next president of libya, the one whos going to be in charge, this is his chair. he has to think twice before he sits on it. >> so, never screw your people. >> yeah, never screw your people. >> yeah, id remember. >> and here, these are gadhafi stuff. >> this was all taken from the compound. >> some of it. its mix...

>> so, before the war, did you think it would ever be possible? >> no, no. >> did you dream some day this will change? >> no. in gadhafis time, you cannot say a word. you get killed. thats it. it was impossible. then i joined the group, you know? >> right. >> the militia. >> omar is young and was even younger when the fighting