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Today on al jazeera practically reading a revolt lecture, asking the libyans to revolt. that makes it very -- >> your information is very interesting. unfortunately, we're out of time. it will have to be the last word. thank you for joining us. >> appreciate it. >> when we come back, we'll talk to a libyan american here in atlanta who will react to the speech given by moammar gadhafi's son. back in a moment. and how to fold 'em. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above and still pay the mid-size pr...

Lockerbie scotland. thank you for joining us. when was the last time libya dealt with anything like this? an uprising of this magnitude? >> there hasn't been any uprisings of this magnitudes, some here and there, most notably when the libya islamic front fighters, lifg, libyan islamic front group were revolting against the government, in the same areas we are witnessing today, same uprising uprisings, most in the eastern parts of the country, benghazi, green mountain area they call it. the eastern part. the government had to use force and they were able to practically defeat the fighters and a...

Who have been in the front line with the men. that's what's happened exactly to libya. >> sayyid idris, we appreciate you joining us on cnn. thank you. >> thank you. >> you probably know libya, an oil rich country, one of the richest in africa but also has one of the highest per capita incomes of an african country. >> interesting. back with more of our special coverage right after a break. at purina one, we want your dog to be as healthy as possible. so we set out to discover the science in some of nature's best ingredients.

This is cnn special coverage of "unrest in libya." and the question is, what do you know about libya? the country is about the size of alaska and has a population of about 6.5 million people. >> yeah, it's pretty small actually. more than 90% is desert or semi desert. oil exports make up 80% of the government's revenue and the median age of libyan, young country, 24 years old. libya shares borders with algeria, chad, egypt, niger, sudan and tunisia. i want to continue on with our special report. let's bring in khalid. he's been covering libya extensively. >> he wrote "lockerbie and libya," a s...

>> translator: moammar gadhafi, our leader, is leading the battle in tripoli, and we're with him. the army is with him. there are tens of thousands who are coming flooding to tripoli. we will never give up libya. we will fight to the last inch, to the last shot. we will never leave our country. >> we're in special coverage tonight of the uprising in libya. >> yeah, right now we're joined by ali gebril who has been living in this country for 0 years now. ali, i just want to ask, first of all, you have family and friends back in libya. >> that's right. >> have you managed to reach them? have you...