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Iraq when you have a megalomaniac who controls people for 40 years, just how tough a transition it is. martha: all right, we're having an audio problem, obviously with steve harrigan, we'll try to get him up an running. are you good now? >> okay. we'll try to get back to steve harrigan in a little while. he was in the middle of making a good point, which is we have seen what happened in iraq over the overthrow of saddam hussein, how difficult it is to build a form of democracy in a country, and that is the challenge that lies in front of the people of libya now. bill: we're getting a statement...

The u.s. has been very reluctant to come out, in the case of egypt, to support the people. when people in libya rose up against the regime, they looked at it as a very organic movement. it was libyans leading the libyan revolution. there's no doubt, and nobody can underestimate the importance of nato tactically in making this happen. but to say that nato was the key to the success of the operation is a little bit deceiving. >> because you say the spirit, the soul of the operation was the decision of the libyan people to declare no mas. >> absolutely. you had the people on the ground who wanted...

The body of moammar gadhafi. these images coming to us from rebel commanders who have supplied it to us. reactions coming in from capitol hill. from senator john mccain, "the death of moammar gadhafi marks an end to the first phase of the libyan revolution. while some final fighting continues, the libyan people have liberated their country. the united states along with our european allies and arab partners must now deepen our support for the libyan people as they work to make the next phase of the democratic revolution as successful as the fight to free their country." a member of the senate f...

this 2009 speech at the u.n. was typical. >> translator: we are not committed to obey the rules or resolutions of the councils with this information because it is undemocratic -- >> reporter: what was supposed to be a 15-minute talk ram balanced on more than 90 minutes. but while he sometimes appeared a clown on the world stage, his actions were often deadly. in the mid-80s he funneled money and weapons to support the palestine liberation organization's fight against israel. the irish republican army's efforts to defeat british rule in northern ireland. and he viciously targeted amer...

ended just hours ago and now you're about to see a photo that is said to be gadhafi badly wounded and in custody and we warn you, it's pretty gruesome. >> all right, well, he has either badly wounded in this cell phone video or dead. it's a cell phone image obtained somehow by our colleagues at the french press agency. we'll point out that cnn can't independently confirm its authenticity. now, rebel leaders were excited, but a little coy when the news broke. this is what the information minister for libya's national transitional council said. >> as a big day, a big day for the libyan...