libya to cover the conflict. it began with protests, as in many of the arab countries, inspired by egypt and tunisia. people started protesting for more freedom. but the reaction from the gadhafi regime was to shoot protesters, to try and stop these protests with violence. the violence that gadhafi unleashed on them was a violence of another order altogether. we re not talking now mubarak s security forces. we re talking about mercenaries. we re talking about jets. we re talking about tanks. so with the libyan revolution, the idea of non-violence had to be laid to rest for the sake of libyans. the war rages for months. in late august 2011, the rebels, with the help of nato forces, gain the upper hand and advance on tripoli, libya s capital. tripoli just fell. within three days, they had control of the entire city, which no one had expected. and gadhafi and his whole family
from australia who heads to libya to cover the conflict. it began with protests, as in many of the arab countries, inspired by egypt and tunisia. people started protesting for more freedom. but the reaction from the gadhafi regime was to shoot protesters, to try and stop these protests with violence. the violence that gadhafi unleashed on them was a violence of another order altogether. we re not talking now mubarak s security forces. we re talking about mercenaries. we re talking about jets. we re talking about tanks. so with the libyan revolution, the idea of non-violence had to be laid to rest for the sake of libyans. the war rages for months. in late august 2011, the rebels, with the help of nato forces, gain the upper hand and advance on tripoli, libya s capital. tripoli just fell. within three days, they had
sometimes killed. tracy shelton is a 34-year-old freelance journalist from australia who heads to libya to cover the conflict. it began with protests, as in many of the arab countries, inspired by egypt and tunisia. people started protesting for more freedom. but the reaction from the gadhafi regime was to shoot protesters, to try and stop these protests with violence. the violence that gadhafi unleashed on them was a violence of another order altogether. we re not talking now mubarak s security forces. we re talking about mercenaries. we re talking about jets. we re talking about tanks. so with the libyan revolution the idea of non-violence had to be laid to rest for the sake of libyans. the war rages for months. in late august 2011 the rebels, with the help of nato forces, gain the upper hand and advance on tripoli, libya s capital. tripoli just fell.
many of the arab countries, inspired by egypt and tunisia. people started protesting for more freedom. but the reaction from the gadhafi regime was to shoot protesters, to try and stop these protests with violence. the violence that gadhafi unleashed on them was a violence of another order altogether. we re not talking now mubarak s security forces. we re talking about mercenaries. we re talking about jets. we re talking about tanks. so with the libyan revolution the idea of non-violence had to be laid to rest for the sake of libyans. the war rages for months. in late august 2011 the rebels, with the help of nato forces, gain the upper hand and advance on tripoli, libya s capital. tripoli just fell. within three days they had control of the entire city, which no one had expected.
it began with protests, as in many of the arab countries, inspired by egypt and tunisia. people started protesting for more freedom. but the reaction from the gadhafi regime was to shoot protesters, to try and stop these protests with violence. the violence that gadhafi unleashed on them was a violence of another order altogether. we re not talking now mubarak s security forces. we re talking about mercenaries. we re talking about jets. we re talking about tanks. so with the libyan revolution the idea of non-violence had to be laid to rest for the sake of libyans. the war rages for months. in late august 2011 the rebels, with the help of nato forces, gain the upper hand and advance on tripoli, libya s capital. tripoli just fell. within three days they had control of the entire city, which no one had expected. and gadhafi and his whole family