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Like this country to prosper. they see system and organization as a big enemy to them. these concerns are slowly getting diminished. a matter of time before we can get rid of them. >> how hard do you think thats going to be? >> not at all. we got rid of gadhafi. nothing else is hard. >> i like your attitude. the fluid situation in libya has been intensifying since our arrival. weve had to change our behavior, constantly moving. should i be wearing one of these cool journalist safari jackets at t...

But something has happened since last night. the british foreign office has just told all uk citizens to leave benghazi. libyas second largest city. due to an unspecified threat. the libyan government, such as it is, has denied any basis for such drastic action. a lone cherry bomb now and again, an awkward flurry of roman candles. the buzz of last nights chaotic party parched, big time. whether or not this is a result of the larger geopolitical decision, the vibe toward this western film crew se...

>> why? we trust our people. theres a lot of homemade things here. this is homemade, too. fires big rockets. this is homemade. this one. this was from a helicopter, and we got it and got it in the cars. >> you took it off a helicopter and put it on a car? >> uh-huh. and you know what this is for? >> so its basically a crossbow that fires molotov cocktails. >> tnt sometimes. >> youre shooting this at people who have mortars. >> and tanks. >> tanks. >> yeah. >> youre shooting this at tanks. >> yea...

Outside, you mention the world libya, everyone would just say, gadhafi. gadhafi stole the identity of libya. >> michel cousins is the co-founder of "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, knew there was another libya, wonderful people. we would talk about it as you talk about a dead person. do you reme...

Someone chipped off all of the dicks, not that i was looking. anywhere else in the world is overrun with tourists, but, look, no one. youre free to wander as you wish. quite a backdrop, you know, seeing a little dinner theater production of "our town" a couple thousand years ago. not bad. the only other visitors today are a troupe of libyan boy scouts. bizarrely enough, gadhafi himself was once a scout and this is one of the only organizations allowed to remain independent of the government. may...

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, its normal. >> oh, thats nice. >> how you found it? >> spicy, delicious. johar, like many libyans his age, fought to overthrow gadhafi. he was there, gun in hand, when they stormed gadhafis palace compound. happy, excited? good day? >> nice feeling. >> yeah. >> nice feeling. nice feeling that gadhafi -- he killed my cousin. how i...

Days that libya is, in fact, functioning at all. but it is. the fountains across from the kornish are operating. traffic works, kind of. at the radisson, club sandwiches arrive on time in the lobby. the occasional flash of camo and a security scanner are the really only discordant notes. >> dont want to take the video -- >> you dont, okay. >> inside the old part of the city, men slaughter a camel, while a girl records it with her ipad. >> okay. he said no. >> kids are setting off fireworks in th...

>> this is the cradle of the revolution. >> this was the first neighborhood to rise up? >> yes. this is the first place to rise up. >> why do you think this neighborhood? >> its an impoverished neighborhood, its been always lied to by the ren jet stream, made them feel like theyre not from this country, to be honest. >> uh-huh. >> and we go for it. >> oh, yeah. dip it right in the egg. >> dip it in the egg. >> delicious. so where were you when it all started? >> i was in london. actually, manche...

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The road to tripoli a healthy breakfast. ooh, a liver sandwich. when they talked about a high-risk environment, i think they were talking about this. its good. halfway back to tripoli, the magnificent ruins of leftus magna. arguably the most intact remains of a roman city in the world. its worth noting that the emperor of rome was himself libyan. thats pretty amazing. born right here.