Libyans form human shield at Gaddafi's compound http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFLDE72I0IQ20110319?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true

Thousands of Libyans packed into Muammar Gaddafi's heavily fortified Tripoli compound on Saturday to form a human shield against possible air strikes by allied forces.

[these thousands will most likely be bombed by imperialist NATO forces...also read ...Why Gaddafi's overthrow may be bloody http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/71785 

The West sees the Libyan uprising from a neocolonial and Eurocentric point of view, argues Jenn Jagire, and that is why it underestimates how much support Gaddafi still has