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Counterattack against the eastern flank of his opponents here in the eastern part of the country. so it certainly does appear that after that speech that tensions are increasing. piers? >> yeah, ben, i saw earlier the footage of you talking to some of the local libyan who is seemed outraged by what was going on. what's the mood of the people there? do you think they believe, as the egyptian people believed, that they can actually get rid of gadhafi finally? >> reporter: well, i think they do. they do feel that despite his rhetoric, despite his violent reaction to the protests, that essentially...

You're doing a great job there. please keep safe and keep reporting for cnn from inside libya. now i want to welcome my special guest for this evening, hugh hefner. hugh, do i call you hugh? hef? what do you like to be called? >> hef. >> hef, what do you think of what's going on in the world right now? you've been through so many things, the cold war, the vietnam war, the end of the russian revolution. what do you make of what we're seeing now? >> very exciting. and i think quite unexpected. i think it's a modern and very different kind of revolution in which twittering seems to play a major r...

>> yeah, ben, i saw earlier the footage of you talking to some of the local libyan who is seemed outraged by what was going on. what's the mood of the people there? do you think they believe, as the egyptian people believed, that they can actually get rid of gadhafi finally? >> reporter: well, i think they do. they do feel that despite his rhetoric, despite his violent reaction to the protests, that essentially he is gradually losing ground. he's seeing that the eastern part of the country is no longer under his control. he's seen lots of diplomats around the world. libyan diplomats, declaring...

>> yeah, ben, i saw earlier the footage of you talking to some of the local libyan who is seemed outraged by what was going on. what's the mood of the people there? do you think they believe, as the egyptian people believed, that they can actually get rid of gadhafi finally? >> reporter: well, i think they do. they do feel that despite his rhetoric, despite his violent reaction to the protests, that essentially he is gradually losing ground. he's seeing that the eastern part of the country is no longer under his control. he's seen lots of diplomats around the world. libyan diplomats, declaring...

>> reporter: well, at the moment, i think people are really bracing for the possibility that certainly after hearing that rather incoherent but threatening speech from libyan leader moammar gadhafi that he may be trying to launch some kind of counteroffensive against the eastern part of the country. he made it clear that he is going to hunt down and execute his opponents around the country. and the problem, of course, is that this eastern part of the country is outside of his control. now, we heard from some sources that there are fears that he's trying to recruit egyptian tribesmen, who are l...