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ANCHOR: First, thank God you are safe, brother Saddam, what can you tell us about what you have seen since Feb 15th?
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Or between then and when you left Libya?
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SADAM: Yes, peace be with you.
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I am a resident of the city of Al Bayda in Libya, as you know.
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We came out on the 16th, in Al Bayda.
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We weren't drunk or on pills like he (Gadafi) said, or copying the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions
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ANCHOR: You mean what Gaddafi has said?
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SADAM: Yes, yes.
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It was a peacefull demonstration, by God, we were asking for a proper health system, education...
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...and a solid foundation
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that was enough for him to massacre us and unleash mercenaries on us
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from the first day our bodies were strewn on the street
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17 men perished
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because we demanded our basic rights
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and he (Gadafi) tells you that the people govern and arm themsleves
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what self governance?
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the moment he gained power the only thing we had was oppression, weakness, subjugation
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only threats, threats!
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ANCHOR: Yes, yes...what was or were the toughest moments for you in the past days?
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SADAM: Feb 18th, in Shahat. After we surrounded the mercenaries
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after we freed Al Baydah the 17th, we went to the hospital to donate blood to the injured
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someone came to us from Shahat, he put down his brothers body
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and asked the youth of Al Baydah to come support him
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and stand up to the tyrants, after they left, 40 of them died as martyrs
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there were police from Al Baydah who were trapped inside
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they wanted to surrender, and as soon as they got out they began shooting at their heads
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I remember one gruesome moment when steam was rising from a man's head after being shot
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this is blasphemy, what religion does he belong to? And he says we are rats!
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We are soldiers and we want to free Libya from this oppression
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enough corruption, Muammar (Gadafi), enough killing!
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all this, you haven't had enough? You only want our blood!
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you're a thug, a killer!
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ANCHOR: Have you left Libya on your own or did you accompany any family?
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I ask you this question because Gadafi has said that some of you were separated from each other
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and that you were given hallucinogenic pills and drugs , etc..
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so that you lose control of your minds and thinking
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how do you respond to that?
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SADAM: I say....
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we are dying! At 21, our dreams are being crushed
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no goals, no education, we have some of the highest suicide rates
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due to his oppression, for 42 years he speaks from his Green Book
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this failed book of his, this joke of his
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it's all for his self interest
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and he constantly threatens us...what more can I say?
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we just want to be free, nothing more
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there are no drugs, we just want to be free.
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we want to learn, and be proud to be Libyan,
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but he destroyed our dreams and hopes
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he would round up people after friday prayers in large numbers
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40 at a time, and no one would hear from them again for 35 years.
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without trial
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he's a tyrant
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we said at first he was an oppressor,
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then we said he was a dog holding on to power
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and third we said he was a thug and killer,
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no, I don't even have words to describe him anymore
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about what he's doing
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we haven't seen anything,
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ANCHOR: Now, Sadam, if we were to imagine that Colonel Gadafi could hear you now
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what would you say to him?
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SADAM: I would tell him I'm going to slaughter you
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and throw you away like dogs
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like stray dogs
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you will not find a cemetery to lay on within Libya
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so you won't pollute it anymore
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there is no revenge big enough to repay all of your murders
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we are not the stray dogs, he and his family are
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he is the scum of the earth, he is the one that forced us
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to confront him
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Libya has been lost for 42 years
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he has polluted our country
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Gadafi, I am not afraid of you,
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I came out to send you the message that we are not afraid of you!
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and we will find you in your last corners
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even if we are unarmed
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Allah is on our side and the Devil is on yours, Muammar
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your fall is near!
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And we will throw you away like a dog!
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We aren't cowards, we're soldiers
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the liberated sons of Libya!
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this is my message to him.
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he had better be afraid!
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ANCHOR: Sadam, as a youth, what is the Libya that you would like to see?
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SADAM: I wish for a liberated Libya, free of exploitation
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free of absolute power
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where there are no dogs who control us
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A Libya that is always free!
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A Libya to be proud of!
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An educated Libya,
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a cultural Libya,
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a civilized Libya,
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a forward looking and progressive Libya
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we don't need somone to degrade us
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and kill our culture and civilization
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we want a future, I have goals
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I left without my family's permission
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I want deliver the Libyans' message
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it's a massacre, you can't imagine!
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It's worse than what you see on TV
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ANCHOR: Go ahead, you finish
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SADAM: The TV coverage doesn't show it all
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we in Al Baydah, we are the ones filming, carrying our dead
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we are the ones fighting and protecting our homes
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this is a message I want to send to every Libyan
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Anyone who has a pharmacy, by Allah, please open it and help your brothers
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I swear, we have been ripping our clothes apart to bandage our wounded
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what else does Muammar want from us?
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You have dogs around you to protect you, you coward!
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Your destiny is hell.
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I apologize if i was out of line.
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ANCHORS: That's ok, we understand.
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Thank you, Sadam, speaking to us from Cairo.
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SADAM: Thank you, Al Jazeera...
