Nic Robertson
@NicRobertsonCNN
Thanks to @acarvin and all expressing concern: Tommy Evans, Khalil Abdallah & I are fine, but it's a reminder of limits put on our reporting
As journalists' convoy is leaving Zawiya, we see a new army moving in: clean up crews in orange overalls. #Libya
Buildings in #Zawiya blown apart by heavy tank fire, burnt cars, gun shell casings litter streets, trees torn apart like WWI. Devastation.
Govt managd to produce abt 100 supporters to stage demo in Zawiya, surrounded by hastily covered-over destruction --fresh paint, empty pots
Later today, govt took journalists in convoy to Zawiya --city had its soul ripped out, spirit shatterd, hard to imagine it will ever b same.
After aggressive questioning and threats, some higher power instructd them to free & return us to hotel. Same thing happnd to othr journlsts
Police thugs pushed around shooter Khalil Abdallah & me and kicked producer Tommy Evans, shouting at us & berating us the whole time
Detaind at gunpt this morn by plainclothes thugs to stop us covering Friday prayrs in #Tripoli nghbrhd where police attackd protstrs last wk
#Libya Sec of State for Intl Rels going 2 Portugal Greece & Malta trying 2 build supprt 4 Gadhfi regime, which under mounting intl pressure.
#Libya says teams can include forensic scientsts, humantar'n specialists & bomb dispsl experts 2 examn claims of aerial bombing & massacres.
#Libyan government says it has invited British, French, Dutch & German fact-finding teams to Libya. Says no response from nations yet.
State TV shows pix of pro-Gadhafi loyalists supposedly in Zawiya now. No way to independently confirm as we not allowed to travel there.
#Libya warns oil companies if overseas workers don't return w/in 45 days, the oil companies will lose their co
