Reply #53: In Tripoli, Gadhafi's Palace Becomes People's Market

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In Tripoli, Gadhafi's Palace Becomes People's Market

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
October 9, 2011

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Nearby at the live chicken stall, Salem al Nawal — who works in the oil sector — says he can't believe the scenes he's witnessing.

"I wish I had a camera. I saw one old man trying on a pair of pants and trying a suit on in the open air," he says.

Al Nawal says he decided to stroll to the market on Friday after he'd heard that they were selling dogs and birds. He says after seeing Gadhafi's house, with all of the graffiti and rubble, that this market is the real symbol of the people's power.

"People will always prevail," he says. "The aspiration of the people no matter how poor, uneducated, they will prevail. They are staying and gone. He cannot defeat the people's will."

With full audio report: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/09/141185482/in-tripoli-gadhafis-palace-becomes-peoples-market?sc=tw&cc=share