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 soon. 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
morning in misrata. how s the vibe? it s 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 gadhafi s soldier s clothes. he left him here and ran? yeah. that s 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, basically militia members from the area who looked out for us here and in tripoli when things started getting hinky in neighboring algeria and in benghazi. this is a serious tank. his job these days is hunting down former gadhafi supporters. so, the gadhafi forces rolled
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. morning in misrata. how s the vibe? woman: my mom and i have the same hands.
clothes. one of gadhafi s soldier s clothes. he left him here and ran? yeah. that s 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, basically militia members from the area who looked out for us here and in tripoli when things started getting hinky in neighboring algeria and in benghazi. this is a serious tank. his job these days is hunting down former gadhafi supporters. so, the gadhafi forces rolled in. they would use these tanks to fire on around the city. around. yeah. it was full of tanks here. this was the operation room here.
this here used to be a vegetable market. clothes. one of gadhafi s soldier s clothes. he left him here and ran? yeah. that s 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, basically militia members from the area who looked out for us here and in tripoli when things started getting hinky in neighboring algeria and in benghazi. this is a serious tank. his job these days is hunting down former gadhafi supporters. so, the gadhafi forces rolled in. they would use these tanks to fire on around the city. around. yeah.