signs of the fight -- a building damaged by shell power, bandaged with greerning the clol of colonel gaufed's libya. his gun was a toy. the others weren't. other. center of the rebellion in the tripoli area, was full of secret police. the regime is hated by many but it's tightening its grip here too. the crackdown is continuing. we've just been confronted with some kind of plain clothes officials who want us out of the area now. they are sweeping us up and taking us somewhere else. once potential witnesses were out of the way there was another show of force to intimidate would-be protesters. much further east in brega, they're feeling the pressure of the regime too. this was the town's small hospital 24 hours oofplg the rebels are outgunned by gaddafi's man, and the regime seems to be outthinking them too, using its resources effectively to move hard against the rebellion. today the doctors were leaving. reports from the front line are con cuse -- confused, but with gaddafi's men move pg forward, they aren't taking any chances. >> it's not safe. there was a raid here and we were targeted and

>> reporter: gauf 50 seems to be laying the ground for an insurgency. he said he will give out today a million weapons to men and women mostly around tripoli. he announced yesterday he will be opening the armory for all libyans who want to fight to defend their country. and he said today that there will be a long war for libya. so he seems to be preparing for allowing his people to fight and to drag the west and drag the rebels here in the east in some sort of war of attrition. >> quickly,there any sense that he's feeling more pressure than he has in the past that somebody around him might kill him or he might decide to step down? >> reporter: the one indication that he might be feeling physical pressure is that he has invited hundreds of supporters to live in presidential compounds effectively as human shields. that is something that the u.s. is clearly going to be concerned about and there have been people volunteering to go to sites that could be attacked by american or other western -- missiles or air power. so that could be an indication that he is