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Left, but getting back to the stick side of things, mr. gadhafi has never hesitated to use the stick and he may bring out a few more before he goes. >> we're showing our viewers, ben, some new video that you and your team just sent to huge crowds gathering there clearly. they are moving against gadhafi in very dramatic ways, but is that what we're still seeing, a lot of people on a friday gathering and chanting anti-gadhafi slogans? >> reporter: oh, certainly. i mean, that seems to be the main activity here in benghazi at moment is going out to that courthouse and demonstrating in the street. ...

Intention, they find nothing here. this was the heart of the gadhafi regime in the east. its gates were blasted open during the final battle. the weapons used to defend it now a platform for chance against the former leader. and more posing for the camera. but the joy is genuine, say this is man. >> for this feeling, i'm like, like flying. like -- no one, no libyan can even come close to that door. so you can imagine that feeling. you have it here, inside. >> reporter: also genuine, hatred for the man who sometimes called this place home. ben wedeman, cnn, benghazi, libya. >> and we'll have a ...

Has seen loss of life and could get much, much worse. wolf? >> ivan watson on the scene for us, we're going to check back with you. thank you very much, and thank that woman as well. opposition forces now in control of some key cities in libya appear to be holding their ground, despite reports of mass killings, arbitrary arrests and the torture of some protesters. cnn's senior correspondent ben wedeman is on the ground in benghazi, one of the first places to slip from the gadha gadhafis' grip. ben, state tv in libya are trying to get the messages across. tell what is they are trying to suggest...

Expert on the middle east, professor fouad ali ahmed jama, the director of middle east studies at the johns hopkins schools of advanced international studies here in washington. fouad, how capable is moammar gadhafi of committing mass murder on his own people? >> well, let's quote moammar gadhafi himself. he said at one point, he said i am the man who built lib yeah, and i am the man who can destroy libya. this is complex, if you will, of this character. what's clear is libya is a house divided, and benghazi in the east is the free libya. it has its own flag. it has its own symbolism. it has i...

Benghazi residents fear to tread. >> this is like one of the places where like the most scariest places. and now it's a museum for everybody. everybody left their houses just to come see what's going on. what is in here? >> beyond the blackened walls and shattered windows, there isn't much left to look at. smoke and flames still belch from some of the buildings in the compound, which also house the military command for eastern libya. the fire department isn't exactly rushing here to put out the flames in buildings that were symbols of a hated regime. heavy equipment has been brought in to sear...