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Libya / Uprising / /Zawiyah Report / A Discussion #989508

CNN Evening News for Friday, Mar 04, 2011
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) An eyewitness account from a Libyan "freedom fighter" presented; video from Zawiyah shown. [Voice of MAN - describes what happened in Zawiyah as Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi's forces attacked us with 200 troops and snipers against us; indicates ambulances were fired on in the east of the city and the militia shot people outside the hospital; states Kadhafi is lies, lies.]

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with "New York Times" David Kirkpatrick and Johns Hopkins University professor Fouad Ajami about Libya. [KIRKPATRICK - says we have anecdotal reports on people taken by the government forces and some have not come back; notes the Libyan army is not well organized, but organized on tribal lines.] [AJAMI - says we do not know who has the upper hand; states they {the people} want the help of the West and desperately need foreign assistance; comments on the opposition in Benghazi and they have a platform.]

Reporter(s):
Cooper, Anderson
Duration:
00:12:10

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