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Kind. massacres in prison. so he was a horrendous, horrible, brutal dictator. >> anyone who spoke out against him at all would be arrested immediately, sometimes tortured, 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...

Push police into retreat. >> and then the protesters came onto our side. it was amazing the numbers. >> nora's footage like so many of the powerful images that are captured during this first weeks of revolution ends up on youtube and inspires others in egypt and beyond to join the revolution. >> i think it was really the most documented event in our life. >> just 18 days after it begins, egypt's revolution succeeds in pushing hosni mubarak from power when on february 11th, 2011, he resigns. >> thousands of egyptians celebrate the end of his regime. but for many egyptians it doesn't fix. mubara...

On the ground, blood pouring from his head. later photos are released of the former dictator dead. >> there's no clear answer to exactly who pulled the trigger, but it's obvious it was because people -- they wanted it over. they wanted it finished. >> thel ton transfers the footage to her laptop and drives three hours to the nearest internet connection where she uploads the footage to her editors. soon after, the rest of the world is watching and reacting. >> the capture and death of gadhafi marked an unexpected end to the libyan revolution thursday. >> i really did not want them to kill him. ...

The world. colonel gaddhafi. >> libya was one they never thought revolution would spread to because gadhafi is so in control. >> for decades gadhafi was one of the world's most successive leaders. but he was also an open supporter of international terrorism. with links to the lockerbie bombers, the ira, and other militant groups. >> he kept libyan people under tight wraps. there was no freedom of any kind. massacres in prison. so he was a horrendous dictator. >> anyone who spoke out against him at all would be arrested immediately, sometimes tortured, sometimes killed. >> tracy shelton is a 34...

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...