CNN International's Nic Robertson: Gadhafi thugs grabbed me & my crew (brutally exposing the truth)

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Source: CNN International

March 11th, 2011
08:44 PM ET

CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson and his crew were detained Friday in Tajura, Libya, east of Tripoli by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. This is his account.

For a few moments today, for us personally, Libya’s lies and deceit were swept aside and the real deal was brutally exposed.

“Itla, itla” – "Get in the car, get in the car!" – he was screaming. My cameraman, Khalil Abdallah, and I hesitated for a split-second. But that's all it was.

We were staring down the barrel of an AK-47, the weapon was jumping in his hands. He was cocking it, wrenching the handle back, a bullet being slammed into the firing chamber.

It was only a split-second.

Read more: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/11/gadhafi-thugs-grab-cnn-crew/

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Nic's full account of what happened at the link. He's about to go on AC360 and discuss it with Anderson Cooper.

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