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The game was up and they had to pull off. so that was a dynamic that played out with the police. the police are no longer an effective force in alexandria. it's the army. there were only a few of them. they don't seem willing to stand up to the demonstrators so far. so it's going to be a big test now because they'll be seen as implementing hosni mubarak's new decision to stand firm. >> nic, thank you for this fascinating coverage of what is an evolving story. no doubt we'll be chatting with you more tonight and over the coming days. let's bring in two of the most prominent mideast experts. e...

As part of an arrangement by which they would grant this huge oil concession to bp. last year. and we now know, although we knew some of this last year as well, that bp weighed in with the british government. the guy who did it, who was the bp point person on this, was a guy by p the name mark allen. a former high level mi-6 spy master. he was their chief of counter terrorism. one of their top mideast experts. then went to work for bp. had a relationship with khadafi. he said please sign this. sign this prisoner transfer agreement. what the libyans wanted was a prisoner transfer agreement to a...