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Libya / Uprising #989253

CNN Evening News for Wednesday, Mar 02, 2011
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) A fight in an important desert town in which the rebels were able to hold off Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi's troops reported; video shown; details given of Kadhafi's various denials. [KADHAFI - {thru translator} says there is no protests.] Video of a funeral march being fired on in eastern Libya shown.

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Report introduced.

(Benghazi: Ben Wedeman) A look inside the battle for Libya presented; video shown, including the wounded inside the hospital. [Voice of Libyan MAN - describes what happened to his brother and how they are killing the people.]

(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Benghazi: Ben Wedeman) The fighting he witnessed on the road with an air attack on trucks on the ground near Brega, the importance of Brega, which has an oil refinery, the issue of Al Qaeda involvement, the motivation of local people and the new-found freedom discussed.

(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Tripoli: Nic Robertson) Kadhafi's three-hour speech today in which he criticized the international community, his attempt to rally his people and laying the blame on the opposition discussed.

Reporter(s):
Cooper, Anderson;
Wedeman, Ben;
Robertson, Nic
Duration:
00:10:40

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