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Of history for the last 50 years, insulated by the cold war and all the aid these dictators got from the united states or the soviet union. and then by oil. and as a result, inside they are deeply ossified countries, lacking in real institutions, any what we call civil society. so you crack these regimes and a lot of instability is going to flow out. it's going to be a long time before they find their footing. >> it's incredible when you look at all the money gadhafi has made from oil, and yet he spent very, very little on his people. there's only 6 million people or something in libya, and ye...

In the square made when they were under direct attack, and they made these metal barricades and had sticks and stones and were banging all through the night, sending the message to mubarak and their attackers that we're strong and we're not afraid and we're not going to be defeated. we keep hearing this phrase over and over again, the idea that fear has been defeated. a man i talked to in libya kept saying that to me. last night he insisted that we show his face because he wanted to send a message that he's no longer afraid. i find that a powerful notion that fear has been defeated, there is n...

We're continuing to follow developments with the ferry that's waiting to leave tripoli with americans onboard. the greatest concern involves the libyans trapped in their homes, thugs roaming the streets, mercenaries, as well. just moments ago, we got a statement from libya's superior ministry calling on people to turn in their weapons and tell them who gave them hallucinating drugs. joining us now is brian nine, who lost his brother john patrick on pan-am 103. also professor dr. fouad ajami. and jill dougherty at the state

>> after that victory, the u.s. did little to libya to push for reform and did a lot to legitimize gadhafi. here's former secretary of state condoleezza rice and colonel gadhafi. condoleezza rice was the first secretary of state to visit colonel gadhafi in libya. former british prime minister tony blair. here's gadhafi with italy's current prime minister. back in 2009 one of gadhafi's sons was a become guest at the state department. here's what hillary clinton said back then. >> i am very pleased to welcome minister gadhafi here to the state department. we deeply value the relationship between...

Although media has been reporting people trying to cross boarders between libya and egypt. nobody wants to flee, nobody. everybody is staying home. some are even staying out, doing whatever they can for him to end as soon as it's possible. >> please stay safe. thank you for talking to us. we'll check with you again. >> thank you, bye. coming up, we'll talk to tom friedman from "the new york times" and brian flynn, whose brother was killed in the bombing pan-am 103, and new claims that it was carried out at the direct request of moammar gadhafi. we'll talk with dr. fouad ajami and jill doughe...