Benghazi Rising

The rebellion that erupted in Benghazi in February was unexpected and cataclysmic. We trace the conflict from its beginnings and capture how the unarmed people of Libya tore down Gaddafi's police state.

It's no coincidence that Libya's conflict started in Benghazi, where Gaddafi's police were at their most brutal. Standing in front of the ruined police barracks, a man tells of the suicide bomber who turned a small protest into a war. "Seeing him sacrifice himself made the masses rise up." Iconic, evocative scenes and devastating personal stories show how Gaddafi's regime finally, "made lions out of cats".

March 2011