Front Lines of the Libyan Revolution (Documentary)

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  • čas přidán 26. 07. 2012
  • VICE Founder Shane Smith takes you into the heart of the Libyan revolution, where the stakes are simple: victory or death. We head into rebel-controlled eastern Libya, traveling from the Egyptian border to Benghazi and then onto the front lines in Misrata to document the violent revolution.
    Hosted by Shane Smith | Originally aired in 2011 on VICE.com
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  • @VICE
    @VICE  Před rokem +21

    WATCH NEXT: The Craziest Ways Cartels Traffic Drugs - czcams.com/video/kSNYzTwyqaE/video.html

  • @thecomposer582
    @thecomposer582 Před 4 lety +4868

    Guy lost his leg, snuck out of the hospital to go fight again. That's wild.

  • @Ccscenario
    @Ccscenario Před 4 lety +6222

    I don’t like how no one talks about the camera man he’s brave too

    • @jair213
      @jair213 Před 4 lety +134

      Gabriel Avila the camera man is the bravest man

    • @logicalconceptofficial
      @logicalconceptofficial Před 4 lety +90

      camera operators arent people

    • @tino8442
      @tino8442 Před 4 lety +40

      Gabriel Avila bro how does no one talk abt how brave the people r some teenagers r fighting in this war

    • @maddoxtalker9844
      @maddoxtalker9844 Před 4 lety +1

      Gabriel Avila deadass

    • @raimundosilva4382
      @raimundosilva4382 Před 4 lety

      Chego assim chego lá se mete fogo nessa p**** detona tem que ter guerra com a guerra tem que a guerra tem que acontecer se não não vai parar

  • @kysfoo2324
    @kysfoo2324 Před 3 lety +1773

    Kids in america will act hella gangsta until they see these kids

    • @rraumyz588
      @rraumyz588 Před 3 lety +7

      Hi mr che

    • @stinkyassboy8762
      @stinkyassboy8762 Před 3 lety +9

      they're all i aspire to be it's makin me tear up

    • @liveinthepitt
      @liveinthepitt Před 3 lety +52

      there’s a difference between putting kids in a battlefield and keeping the kids OUT. kids have the choice in America, remember that our country, America, is great.

    • @stinkyassboy8762
      @stinkyassboy8762 Před 3 lety +40

      @@liveinthepitt the wars we go into are most of the time unnecessary though

    • @kysfoo2324
      @kysfoo2324 Před 3 lety +3

      @@rraumyz588 Sorry for the late response but hello my friend

  • @basedsouljah
    @basedsouljah Před rokem +413

    Looking back now a decade later these documentaries from early 2010's VICE are some of the best snapshots of history ever documented through Guerilla Journalism in my honest opinion

    • @alexhernandez117
      @alexhernandez117 Před rokem +2

      I was just thinking the same! Watching this in 2022

    • @DirtyPistolero
      @DirtyPistolero Před rokem +1

      And a fuckload of low-key CIA propaganda

    • @mathualuisy1604
      @mathualuisy1604 Před rokem +7

      @@alexhernandez117 same....sad to see where they've ended up

    • @xymoriintus
      @xymoriintus Před rokem +1

      Your opinion is meaningless

    • @mathualuisy1604
      @mathualuisy1604 Před rokem +14

      @@xymoriintus your opinion is tremendously important.🥇

  • @quacker1668
    @quacker1668 Před 4 lety +9081

    Vice then: goes to Libya risks his life
    Vice now: “I had 30 days to become an Instagram influencer”

  • @joeh1865
    @joeh1865 Před 4 lety +3396

    I’ve been looking through old Vice documentaries. They’re some of the best journalism I’ve seen on CZcams.
    Shane is one of the reasons why, he legit takes every opportunity possible for some sort of interview or inside info. Just like when he saw the rocket artillery in this video, he’s always willing to get good content. “Stop, stop, let’s go down there.”
    Great journalist.

  • @thefuzz.5126
    @thefuzz.5126 Před 3 lety +153

    This is probably my favorite vice journalist. He always has a sense of good humor, as well as, shows respect for what people stand for. And I love it.

    • @nad1ax2
      @nad1ax2 Před 3 lety +7

      Shane Smith is the billionaire co-founder of Vice. Suroosh Alvi who’s the other cofounder is also great correspondent. He did all of Vice’s Pakistani documentaries and the Gaza documentaries

    • @benaffleckisanokayactor
      @benaffleckisanokayactor Před 2 lety

      @dingle Berry Forbes

  • @seanhaarhoff3726
    @seanhaarhoff3726 Před 3 lety +226

    The dude fighting with a spear gun, big respect for him and hope he made it through the war. What a story to tell your grand kids one day.

    • @TheHospitalgyt
      @TheHospitalgyt Před 2 lety +3

      Um you made a critical spelling error as it is a revolution not a war

    • @iambassitude7121
      @iambassitude7121 Před 2 lety

      Yeah, that you took part in overthrowing your govt, destroyed your country all because you believe the lies from the west😁😁😁

    • @monkey6125
      @monkey6125 Před rokem +2

      @GXNE a revolution isnt a war unless the government officialy declares it thus being a conflict

    • @masterdebater8298
      @masterdebater8298 Před rokem

      He actually I died I saw it on facebook who fights with a spear gun and survives

  • @billisbenkins5566
    @billisbenkins5566 Před 4 lety +2708

    Think about how many people we saw on this documentary that are dead rn

  • @Neon-zq5of
    @Neon-zq5of Před 4 lety +3897

    I hope that one kid who dreamed of playing basketball survived.

    • @nuggetbutter1314
      @nuggetbutter1314 Před 4 lety +170

      Neon last time I heard from him he died

    • @nuggetbutter1314
      @nuggetbutter1314 Před 4 lety +351

      Neon vice posted something on their Facebook a while ago like four years ago because Facebook was relevant back then that he died fighting in the front lines

    • @Sunss
      @Sunss Před 4 lety +35

      @@nuggetbutter1314 no he didnt

    • @thomasboi2255
      @thomasboi2255 Před 4 lety +108

      No I'm afraid to tell you he died

    • @thomasboi2255
      @thomasboi2255 Před 4 lety +128

      @@Sunss yes he died it was in the report by the rebels but I can't find it

  • @justaidan847
    @justaidan847 Před 3 lety +645

    Kids in America: oH mY gOD, ThiS TiK tOk HurTS mY fEELinGS!
    Kids there: WE WILL WIN OR WE WILL DIE!!!!!!!

  • @awadbuisir
    @awadbuisir Před rokem +34

    I was in Benghazi Libya in 1st grade, March 2012, woke up to jets thinking it was thunder. We were stuck there because we couldn’t get a flight out as ours was canceled. We were there for my grandfathers funeral. The first Eye doctor of Libya Nouri Queiri. I had little idea of what was going on and what my connection was to this country. My other grandfather was Saleh Buisir, former Foreign minister of Libya, killed by Israel when they attacked and shot down passanger flight 114 in the 70s. I wish to go back to Libya and help my country. I am a senior now and my college essay was based on Libya and my connections

    • @thezog5640
      @thezog5640 Před 10 měsíci

      Never forget ur home country, Libya...

  • @BigShah7
    @BigShah7 Před 5 lety +2952

    Dude this guy went during the deadliest time of Libyan history. Props to Shane smith.

    • @martinusoktobre6480
      @martinusoktobre6480 Před 5 lety +25

      Superman S the deadliest time is now

    • @aliensensum8663
      @aliensensum8663 Před 5 lety +32

      Duuude, you know, like, that is like so cool that those guys overthrew and destroyed Libya. That's so cool DUUUUUUUDEEEEEE!

    • @litlamp9154
      @litlamp9154 Před 4 lety +5

      There a difference between dumb and brave

    • @terron.w921
      @terron.w921 Před 4 lety +31

      @@litlamp9154 Shane Smith is both

    • @alterthough
      @alterthough Před 4 lety +6

      I wish there were more Shanes, damn good reporting in interesting places.

  • @botwcaosipho2198
    @botwcaosipho2198 Před 4 lety +1823

    5:35
    'Either we meet in Tripoli, or we meet in heaven.' - Captain Ali.

    • @diasporareturnee
      @diasporareturnee Před 4 lety +34

      Not sure heaven welcomes unrepentant killers

    • @ahadzeb7454
      @ahadzeb7454 Před 4 lety +75

      Diaspora Returnee go build fuck house degenerate

    • @harrylightfoot2004
      @harrylightfoot2004 Před 4 lety +51

      Diaspora Returnee damn then i guess god wouldnt be allowed in his own heaben after flooding the world

    • @diasporareturnee
      @diasporareturnee Před 4 lety +10

      @@harrylightfoot2004 God is sovereign, this is His house, He has power over life and death because He created all. Surely you don't believe you can kill others unrepentantly and live to see heaven?

    • @diasporareturnee
      @diasporareturnee Před 4 lety +3

      @@ahadzeb7454 still building it. Thanks for watching :-)

  • @instakillgaming
    @instakillgaming Před 3 lety +105

    "A bomb came close to the ship"
    "Wow that's crazy when did that happen"
    "A day ago"
    ...
    "Ok let's go"

  • @derekzang1233
    @derekzang1233 Před 3 lety +7

    One of the finest works of journalism that Vice has produced to date. Cannot tell you how many times I’ve come back to this video.

    • @tc7662
      @tc7662 Před 2 lety +2

      Rubbish journalism. The Americans fcked the place up.

    • @johnwalker3602
      @johnwalker3602 Před 2 lety

      Aye, keep indoctrinating yourself willingly.

  • @mos4535
    @mos4535 Před 4 lety +1102

    Me and my family escaped to Tunis to avoid the revolution, and my dumbass thought we were going on vacation.

  • @DedikateSSB
    @DedikateSSB Před 4 lety +1431

    I love how nice everyone is, like outside of the war they seem very kind.

    • @Bilo434
      @Bilo434 Před 4 lety +45

      They would take you as a slave if you went over there.

    • @Bilo434
      @Bilo434 Před 4 lety +3

      @@godalmighty3855 Did that happen with Gaddafi as a leader?

    • @godalmighty3855
      @godalmighty3855 Před 4 lety +7

      HET-JHUTY SA RAH BIL he prevented it, not fight against it, he was smart enough not to, for this specific reason, he knew if he were to be killed he had to leave loopholes for corruption, an old but effective tactic used by tribal leaders, same with the people’s money, he drained it, sent it somewhere and had a lot of it burnt.

    • @Bilo434
      @Bilo434 Před 4 lety +10

      @@godalmighty3855 I don't know about that, but at least he prevented it. Libya is dead and don't look good at all. The real dictatorship is hidden behind the name democracy. We believe that we can choose our leaders because they offer us 3-4 alternatives, but if the truth comes out, the people have not chosen any of them. It is rather an offer not a choice. Some countries work better with a leader "dictator" others often have to change "several dictators" they call democracy. They destroyed the country because Gaddafi no longer wanted to dance with them.

    • @godalmighty3855
      @godalmighty3855 Před 4 lety +14

      HET-JHUTY SA RAH BIL so what you’re doing is, you’re justifying the killing of civilians for the rights of the country? Weird logic.

  • @masterb8ter836
    @masterb8ter836 Před rokem +47

    The kid that had a dream of playing for the Miami heat… I really hope he at least made it out alive.

    • @roblux3789
      @roblux3789 Před měsícem

      Died in 2011. Proved many times

  • @de_anubis
    @de_anubis Před 3 lety +134

    I became a soldier at the age of 17 but I can't imagine what it's like fighting in such a war. They really got some balls. Sadly this all was for nothing... All the Libyans I've met here in germany wish Ghaddafi back. Yes he was a tyrant and a criminal but he brought relative safety. A stable Libyan state with a tyrant at the top is better than what became of Libya. Hussein, Ghaddafi and so on... They all were bad but now it's way worse without them.

    • @evryatis9231
      @evryatis9231 Před rokem +1

      It was simply haven. Why have democracy if the state does everything correctly? The americans can be cursed for what they've done to libya all to protect their holy dollar

    • @dontaskme9459
      @dontaskme9459 Před rokem +9

      Libyans have different opinions about Gaddafi

    • @zakariyyaabubakar2519
      @zakariyyaabubakar2519 Před rokem +14

      this is really true we are regretting that he is died its the most worsted decision ever

    • @DirtyPistolero
      @DirtyPistolero Před rokem +21

      Who do you think gave all the weapons to the opposition. Why do you think this video is all one sided. Who do you think this guy works for

    • @roman587
      @roman587 Před rokem +2

      @@dontaskme9459 for me i hated him since he killed my native tribe although he gave people what they wanted but i want to see libya become what king Idris and now libya is the fastest growing economy in the world fastest developing country fastest military growth in just 4 years and the dinar over threw the euro and being the strongest currency in Africa and Asia

  • @kazoolordhd6591
    @kazoolordhd6591 Před 5 lety +3679

    I love that kid, he wants america to send him new guns so he can play basketball.

    • @zzhihuyvo7282
      @zzhihuyvo7282 Před 5 lety +14

      KazooLordHD 😳😳🤣

    • @louiebaca6813
      @louiebaca6813 Před 5 lety +26

      Fuck them kids 😂

    • @shanigafaru336
      @shanigafaru336 Před 5 lety +46

      he will not even play cheese not to talk of miami heats.
      i love that change in libya now. they should enbrave for more misery.
      puppet of the west

    • @ivantimofivichkuslov175
      @ivantimofivichkuslov175 Před 5 lety +20

      With los angeles galaxy

    • @Glocktopus1
      @Glocktopus1 Před 5 lety +68

      Well, can’t say he wouldn’t fit right in as an American teenager:D

  • @logotho7340
    @logotho7340 Před 5 lety +3562

    For some reason, it seems strange hearing "Allahu Akbar" in a non-terroristic context. In a way, it makes me feel guilty that I've come to associate "Allahu Akbar" as a terrorist war cry.
    Little bit of a wake-up call, there

    • @ballistics8818
      @ballistics8818 Před 5 lety +100

      Logo Tho I guess if u here it being shouted repeatedly then u should worry

    • @TheyLive7
      @TheyLive7 Před 5 lety +309

      Well it’s not your fault it’s the media’s representation instead of showing a terrorist with a gun they’ll show a guy yelling “allahu akbar”

    • @sundborg26
      @sundborg26 Před 5 lety +252

      “Allahu Akbar” is not a war cry “Allahu Akbar” means “god is great” in Arabic

    • @logotho7340
      @logotho7340 Před 5 lety +160

      @@sundborg26 Never fear. Cap'n Obvious is here.

    • @Angeltitsss
      @Angeltitsss Před 5 lety +20

      kevin sundborg your annoying

  • @Nate-wf5hk
    @Nate-wf5hk Před rokem +7

    not everything Vice does nowadays holds up to this quality but now and again they drop a great piece of journalism, just like this one

    • @seefmo5439
      @seefmo5439 Před rokem

      this is over 10 years old lol. Shane Smith (along with co-founder Suroosh Alvi from the Pakistan documentary) sold Vice to HBO

  • @johannesleite3543
    @johannesleite3543 Před 2 lety +12

    The people there despite being in a middle of war they are so nice and good vibes all over ❤️

  • @theoldtoby8407
    @theoldtoby8407 Před 4 lety +865

    “What just happened in Libya gives me hope”
    That sentiment hasn’t aged well

    • @Nrkade
      @Nrkade Před 3 lety +8

      How come? (I haven't seen any news on Libya)

    • @AlAP910
      @AlAP910 Před 3 lety +208

      @@Nrkade there is no Libya anymore...

    • @haruakira9271
      @haruakira9271 Před 3 lety +62

      drewski west I think he’s referring to the fall of the revolution and it’s failure to keep its goals. So the place is sorta like Liberia

    • @trash5490
      @trash5490 Před 3 lety +167

      @drewski west Libya has devolved into a hotbed of mercenary factions and foreign intervention unlike the independency these people hoped for

    • @scottses3
      @scottses3 Před 3 lety +4

      Read a history book. This has been going in Libya and the surrounding areas since the beginning of time.

  • @SalahEddineAyubi
    @SalahEddineAyubi Před 4 lety +1033

    “We will never surrender, we win or we die” 🦁😤

  • @markbaz4200
    @markbaz4200 Před 2 lety +1

    This guy wasn’t playing around with getting this story! He put in some serious work !

  • @kingkong6917
    @kingkong6917 Před 4 lety +839

    "we want freedom, we want to be like other countries .. we dont ask much ,"

    • @shayatbenskeep2465
      @shayatbenskeep2465 Před 4 lety +48

      Freedom...nothing more.

    • @markruby1525
      @markruby1525 Před 4 lety +88

      KING KONG lol except for now they have open slave markets and kill or enslave anyone they don’t think supports the cause. Qaddafi was the lesser of two evils

    • @kingkong6917
      @kingkong6917 Před 4 lety +14

      @@markruby1525 qaddafi kills hundreds of lives , he even crash an airplane . and many more, , blinded by power

    • @markruby1525
      @markruby1525 Před 4 lety +58

      KING KONG went from one of the richest nations to the poorest. And people are starving to death and being sold as slaves...

    • @kingkong6917
      @kingkong6917 Před 4 lety +3

      @@markruby1525 so what r u saying?? qaddafi should not die?? dont u think there is a reason why his people killed him

  • @ashtonmiller
    @ashtonmiller Před 4 lety +1321

    Crazy how Shane Smith, a billionaire, is the only good reporter his company ever had. Even though he’s worth so much he put his life on the line for a story

    • @timstadlmueller58
      @timstadlmueller58 Před 4 lety +200

      I'd say vice has quite a few good journalists, most of their foreign correspondents do excellent work and put their lives on the line to do so.
      Give credit where credit is due.

    • @germacam3498
      @germacam3498 Před 3 lety +32

      He wasn’t worth 1 billion back then

    • @GRAFFDEMON
      @GRAFFDEMON Před 3 lety +92

      Vice have some reporters I really enjoy watching. Shane, Simon Ostrovsky, Isobel Yeung and Suroosh are the best ones.

    • @Alex-co7cq
      @Alex-co7cq Před 3 lety +23

      Motör Punx - Simon’s reporting on Ukraine was ground breaking

    • @GRAFFDEMON
      @GRAFFDEMON Před 3 lety +20

      @@Alex-co7cq So much so he almost got killed for it.

  • @j4ym3kn1ght
    @j4ym3kn1ght Před 3 lety +1

    Gave me chills. Thank you.

  • @allenmarceleno2346
    @allenmarceleno2346 Před 2 lety +3

    6:49 the pain in his eyes bro, i really aspire to become a journalist one day to uncover stories like this one in the future and bring justice to the people that are in need

  • @jonah5610
    @jonah5610 Před 4 lety +420

    the thumbnail: "I am heavy weapons guy and this is my weapon"

    • @duckieking7399
      @duckieking7399 Před 4 lety +7

      poot

    • @skizama
      @skizama Před 4 lety +7

      Chef Slap i love it. A tf2 meme/reference in a vice comment section... pootis dispenser

    • @Yetipfote
      @Yetipfote Před 4 lety +5

      I've clicked on this video only for this comment. Have delicious sandvich! *gives sandivich*

    • @Nuecrow
      @Nuecrow Před 4 lety +2

      s a n d v i c h.

    • @Obnax
      @Obnax Před 3 lety

      Poot

  • @yoban360
    @yoban360 Před 5 lety +662

    It’s funny how France aided the rebels in Libya but scared of the yellow vest revolution. The irony!

    • @darklightreaper1
      @darklightreaper1 Před 4 lety +80

      just like when they supported the american revolution but pikachu face when the french revolution came in

    • @vasakvasa2929
      @vasakvasa2929 Před 4 lety +33

      Do you know whats even more ironic? Sarkozy the french president at that time was supported financially by gaddafi during french presidental elections in 2007.

    • @louislebayon4708
      @louislebayon4708 Před 4 lety +4

      well one must remember that the yellow vest in France don't have any real revendications. And tgat the majority of French people disregard and frown upon the yellow vest mouvment as it is childish and useless...

    • @eyliesbass81
      @eyliesbass81 Před 4 lety +8

      @@louislebayon4708 you saying shit

    • @MegaHariboboy
      @MegaHariboboy Před 4 lety +3

      What? The difference is that these people are literally fighting for their lives against a tyrannical dictator, in which France helped them by supplying weapons in order to make it a safer country (albeit failing). The Yellow Vest PROTESTS were legal protests, in which minor crimes were committed. Its one thing aiding rebels in another country, its another arresting your own people.

  • @Fulltimestories
    @Fulltimestories Před rokem +10

    Gaddafi was brutal, however he took the the meaning of being in power to a whole new level and turned things around for the better of his country at some point, even if it meant hurting it. He single handedly changed a country.

    • @patkearney9320
      @patkearney9320 Před rokem +3

      Thanks for your honesty ! as a young man in the early 80s I worked in Libya and it was beautiful. Gaddafi turned the desert green he was a victim of American B.S even in 82 America was causing trouble in Libya. God bless Libya.

    • @phillipholland6795
      @phillipholland6795 Před 8 měsíci +2

      You both hit the nail right on the head. Kudos to the TRUTH being spoken once in a while in this age of misinformation and propaganda.

  • @Orto-jj2di
    @Orto-jj2di Před 9 měsíci +5

    Years later we see just what a idiotic mistake and a waste this US led coup was.

  • @nirmanyuchouhan5144
    @nirmanyuchouhan5144 Před 3 lety +546

    The Old Vice had real Balls of steel...they literally went to full fledged WAR ZONE

  • @dirtybongwater5751
    @dirtybongwater5751 Před 5 lety +247

    13:02 *points* "Oh you can see the smoke coming up there"
    *Cameraman is stoned with earbuds in bumping 21 Savage at max volume*

    • @rob5767
      @rob5767 Před 4 lety

      Right?

    • @ephraimmulilo7098
      @ephraimmulilo7098 Před 4 lety +1

      21 Savage is his spirit animal

    • @benjaminbong9214
      @benjaminbong9214 Před 4 lety

      @DSsalad I mean he could have still at least pointed the camera there, bad lighting or not

  • @yadhier4188
    @yadhier4188 Před rokem

    this type of vice is what sparked journalism for years to come

  • @damiang.3947
    @damiang.3947 Před rokem +5

    9 years have passed. How is life in Libya now? Was it a good move in the sense of the entire revolution?

    • @kalez963
      @kalez963 Před rokem

      very very very very bad move

  • @wollebay
    @wollebay Před 4 lety +182

    youtube then: allows actual scenes of fighting
    youtube now: disallows soldier songs

    • @fytbomm
      @fytbomm Před 3 lety

      cringe comment

    • @destubae3271
      @destubae3271 Před 3 lety

      Lol which soldier song are you talking about

    • @gavriloprincipgaming7857
      @gavriloprincipgaming7857 Před 3 lety +1

      @@destubae3271 IRA & Serbian songs get banned all the time

    • @destubae3271
      @destubae3271 Před 3 lety +1

      @@gavriloprincipgaming7857 You must be talking about "Karadžić, Lead Your Serbs"

    • @Ryoxany
      @Ryoxany Před 3 lety

      @@destubae3271 Erika

  • @lilgooseyvert
    @lilgooseyvert Před 5 lety +456

    this dude's brave it take's some balls to do this documentary

    • @slimer6023
      @slimer6023 Před 4 lety +9

      balls my ass i have been through all this shit and more, and i was only 10 years old when all this crap started.

    • @blackacidgaming5672
      @blackacidgaming5672 Před 4 lety +4

      @@slimer6023 arent you just some lad!

    • @DADDY-jv4yu
      @DADDY-jv4yu Před 4 lety

      @@slimer6023 do the math

    • @snarblox
      @snarblox Před 4 lety +1

      @@slimer6023 no you haven't. Anyone who has sure as hell isn't this far deep in the CZcams comment section claiming that they have. Get outta here

    • @slimer6023
      @slimer6023 Před 4 lety +6

      @@snarblox XD but i did, im from libya benghazi and i was there when everything happened from the very begining and we have been travelling from place to place because of this stupid war and are now paying rent.

  • @mrgunshot33
    @mrgunshot33 Před 3 lety +12

    i know many libyans who fought against gaddafi that would fight on gaddafi's side now...

  • @lovelead2834
    @lovelead2834 Před 3 lety

    I'm glad I came across your channel

  • @fuego5350
    @fuego5350 Před 4 lety +224

    11:28 Im probably stoned rn for thinking that his name was actually Name Withheld pronounced "Namei Wit-hheld"

    • @assasin4730
      @assasin4730 Před 4 lety +16

      This is like some shit straight out of The Dictator.

    • @professionaltaxevader4638
      @professionaltaxevader4638 Před 4 lety +4

      when i watched a north korean vice video i thought the same because it made sense but then too many name withheld appeared.

    • @cfnretro6448
      @cfnretro6448 Před 3 lety

      He also popped up at 8:10

    • @fytbomm
      @fytbomm Před 3 lety

      cringe comment

    • @destubae3271
      @destubae3271 Před 3 lety

      @@fytbomm Ctrl C -> Ctrl V

  • @LesleyRose69
    @LesleyRose69 Před 4 lety +252

    I love when journalists are actually journalists

    • @12.7x99mm
      @12.7x99mm Před 3 lety +2

      That I felt.

    • @fytbomm
      @fytbomm Před 3 lety +1

      cringe comment

    • @caesar3488
      @caesar3488 Před rokem

      what is the great they did by recording film about the streets in libya??

    • @dracobob1661
      @dracobob1661 Před rokem

      @@caesar3488 they put their lives on the line to really give real details and inside look of the real war instead of some random us intelligence info

  • @mattshipley570
    @mattshipley570 Před 3 lety +4

    The Bravery of these people is amazing. Fighting so their loved ones can live a better life. Peace for 🇱🇾❤️

  • @augustopinochet1268
    @augustopinochet1268 Před 5 lety +661

    This definitely didn’t age well

    • @timmydirtyrat6015
      @timmydirtyrat6015 Před 5 lety +3

      Why?

    • @chiefcaptn1922
      @chiefcaptn1922 Před 5 lety +11

      @@timmydirtyrat6015 bad meme make bad dream over time my sun.

    • @timmydirtyrat6015
      @timmydirtyrat6015 Před 5 lety +61

      +Chief Captn Is there some kind of way to decode what you just sent me?

    • @timmydirtyrat6015
      @timmydirtyrat6015 Před 5 lety +6

      +CAPTAIN SAV-A-BRO #MGTOW UNIVERSE I'd rather take a bullet in my head than the Red Pill!

    • @Itsjustmyselfsoitis
      @Itsjustmyselfsoitis Před 5 lety +18

      Which pill is the good one again? I havent seen the Matrix in about 15 years

  • @Vokay100
    @Vokay100 Před 5 lety +116

    A Somali is watching this and saying welcome to the club in a low tone

  • @jaredgilmore5792
    @jaredgilmore5792 Před rokem

    Wow, powerful documentary right here

  • @crispycactusstudios6234
    @crispycactusstudios6234 Před 3 lety +2

    This was 10 years ago. Time flies

  • @hasanaliakhmedov6826
    @hasanaliakhmedov6826 Před 4 lety +209

    "We meet in Tripoli or we meet in heaven"

    • @asiflulat2597
      @asiflulat2597 Před 3 lety +2

      I think he means hell for Gaddafi

    • @muksimulmaad7413
      @muksimulmaad7413 Před 3 lety

      he meant hell, heaven and hell sound really close to each other so he probably didnt know the difference its amazing that these libyan people english so well anyways just a minor error

  • @jmantime
    @jmantime Před 9 lety +919

    ........ 3 years later Libya has become another Afghanistan

    • @jeffreymoran6234
      @jeffreymoran6234 Před 6 lety +2

      jmantime So what u think qhould have happen leave.that crazy fuck in power,and i dont want to hear.anything about the u.s made the people do it the.u.s dosnt have mind control.

    • @MatthiasKhlerSenjiM
      @MatthiasKhlerSenjiM Před 6 lety +61

      Jeffrey Moran
      America is the only reason to why this happened!

    • @bigtrapdashoota4304
      @bigtrapdashoota4304 Před 6 lety +10

      Jeffrey Moran "I haven't seen him do anything wrong to Libya" - kid from Libya. Like ☝ ☝ they said, just cause our government tells our media to tell us somebody is a bad person, doesn't mean shit. The people that run this country are the true evil and they depend on sheep like you. Stay woke

    • @dranzerjetli5126
      @dranzerjetli5126 Před 6 lety +36

      Whenever USA intervenes it destroys the people and the country it would be better if USA stays away it's a devil country.

    • @Semi_Successful
      @Semi_Successful Před 6 lety

      They should be

  • @theethiopianlion9213
    @theethiopianlion9213 Před 2 lety

    Amazing video.

  • @jaylm4112
    @jaylm4112 Před 3 lety

    This may sounds weird but the music to this is awesome..

  • @anti-tankartur677
    @anti-tankartur677 Před rokem

    Excellent documentary. Vice at its finest.

  • @drewlcollier
    @drewlcollier Před 4 lety +46

    21:25 the kid is Golden. It really messes with your head/heart.

    • @stinky_puppet5158
      @stinky_puppet5158 Před 4 lety

      OneWood 14/88 he wanted to sell guns so he could play basketball

  • @danielchavez7782
    @danielchavez7782 Před 4 lety +105

    Who’s watching while in quarantine??

    • @safeinsound432
      @safeinsound432 Před 4 lety +3

      While our freedoms are taken away

    • @shukh3543
      @shukh3543 Před 4 lety +5

      No one cares if you are watching in quarantine

    • @theadzad2132
      @theadzad2132 Před 4 lety +2

      Shukhrat Berdiev y the aggression bro lol

    • @nicholaswhatts1380
      @nicholaswhatts1380 Před 3 lety +1

      @@safeinsound432 for a reason dumbass, you want to get the virus?

    • @paulos7089
      @paulos7089 Před 3 lety +1

      from🇧🇷

  • @SZ6.
    @SZ6. Před rokem

    Amazing Vice!

  • @iCutTrees336
    @iCutTrees336 Před rokem

    Amazing great documentary makes u miss the old days

  • @davidshepherd1634
    @davidshepherd1634 Před 3 lety +384

    Americans watching this thinking they live under an oppressive regime:
    👁 👄 👁

    • @gavn653
      @gavn653 Před 3 lety +3

      Hello World hows that

    • @yassineszn17
      @yassineszn17 Před 3 lety +17

      God bless Gaddafi !

    • @nightmarechameleon7502
      @nightmarechameleon7502 Před 3 lety +18

      Just because we have water and electricity doesn't mean our country isn't starting to fall apart at the seams.

    • @SonOftheBattleCry
      @SonOftheBattleCry Před 3 lety +4

      We’re about to go through a civil war America will collapse

    • @machows2992
      @machows2992 Před 3 lety +23

      @@SonOftheBattleCry You are crazy to think that

  • @HamzaKhan-fe6nn
    @HamzaKhan-fe6nn Před 5 lety +1593

    “We want to be like Europe”... turns the country into Iraq 😂

    • @shanebeckett3557
      @shanebeckett3557 Před 5 lety +122

      Haha that's all Islam can do, create ghettos

    • @albierodriguez9797
      @albierodriguez9797 Před 5 lety +190

      @@shanebeckett3557 what about Dubai and Kuwait city and Qatar?

    • @ceoofgrind8101
      @ceoofgrind8101 Před 5 lety +48

      @@bobpro843 umm there were no black muslims at the time of the atlantic slave trade that were taken in? Most were taken fron sub Sahara Africa and West Africa,non Islamic. Also the islanic slave trade existed for centuries before the trans Atlantic slave trade.
      Still going on today.
      Looking at hustiry does not "reveal" Allah's will so that's not a working argument. I'm a Christian. I want nothing to do with your religion. You brought war to us first by invading Christian North Africa and then Spain Italy and the Balkans BEFORE the crusades and continued after.
      Islam does not foster liberty

    • @sleepyrowdy1826
      @sleepyrowdy1826 Před 5 lety +5

      @@spinxo80 watch your mouth

    • @MASTERJJ1995
      @MASTERJJ1995 Před 5 lety +21

      @@bobpro843 Islam will die and we have the tools to do it.

  • @augistry5439
    @augistry5439 Před 2 lety +17

    love to come back and watch this incredible documentary from time to time, these people are patriots, risking death for freedom and better lives for themselves and their families, i hope those that survived made it somewhere better and are doing well

    • @travellover5716
      @travellover5716 Před 2 lety +9

      Don't you know this is propaganda news?

    • @jurassicjosh7479
      @jurassicjosh7479 Před 2 lety

      Weird how Ghadifi has so much in common with Joeseph (stalin) Biden.
      Crazy to see how they're both basically the same person.

    • @airwakkerre1861
      @airwakkerre1861 Před 2 lety +5

      @@jurassicjosh7479 Gaddafi is way better than Stalin and Brandon

    • @CheesecakeXIII
      @CheesecakeXIII Před 2 lety

      Slavery, isis and civil war is considered "freedom"?

    • @CheesecakeXIII
      @CheesecakeXIII Před 2 lety

      @@jurassicjosh7479 Gaddafi had some flaws, but he was never the bloody tyrant Stalin was and was never the dementia fool brandon biden was.

  • @MerchantW
    @MerchantW Před 2 lety

    Bring me back to old school Vice journalism

  • @branshaw12
    @branshaw12 Před 3 lety +19

    Coming back to these old days of Vice, because Shane was such an awesome journalist and these stories are amazing. I wish Vice was still like this. 😕

  • @kingentthennings5392
    @kingentthennings5392 Před 4 lety +612

    Anyone watching 2019?

    • @rocdaneweracap
      @rocdaneweracap Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah teaching my girl about why we had a base there

    • @ducklinguini6029
      @ducklinguini6029 Před 4 lety +3

      Well now there’s going to be a East and west Libya

    • @1017trap
      @1017trap Před 4 lety +4

      so much has changed since then they went thru a second civil war lol

    • @diido-swagins687
      @diido-swagins687 Před 4 lety +2

      I'm studying journalism because of these kinda videos

    • @themanwnoname3454
      @themanwnoname3454 Před 4 lety +1

      Kingentt Hennings 2019 “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore:

  • @CesarGarcia-hk5dx
    @CesarGarcia-hk5dx Před 3 lety +1

    That commander is just sweet and brave I hope he’s survived

  • @sterling6860
    @sterling6860 Před 2 lety

    Great Video made for Great people,,Lets all hope Libya can come together and bring in a better future for its people.

  • @SPSSkals
    @SPSSkals Před 5 lety +7

    Thank you for these documentaries, I always like to see the opinions of the people and why they are fighting, how they are feeling, this is much more valuable than the information you see in the main stream media.

  • @mute754
    @mute754 Před 4 lety +140

    Watching this now in 2020 it's incredibly sad. These people have so much hope. As an American it's rare to see deceptions of people in the middle east in such a nuanced unbiased way. They're people just like everyone else, I could easily see myself becoming friends with many of the people interviewed in this. Today, all of these years later I can't help but wonder how many of these people have died from the countless factional wars that are still happening. Three days ago Tripoli was in another huge battle. It's unfortunate, all of that hope for the future. The kid who love's the miami heat, Captain Ali, the guy with one leg. All of them seemed genuinely hopeful for democracy, peace, and freedom but it's just as far away now as it was then.

    • @LinusIslamTips
      @LinusIslamTips Před 2 lety

      Funny how they have more guts holding people in power in check and responsible than Americans.

    • @atutultataatutul2026
      @atutultataatutul2026 Před 2 lety

      The blood of the innocent libyans will continue to hunt you and your generations

    • @camarada7274
      @camarada7274 Před rokem

      *supports rebels that destabilize country into literal slave trade after years of prosperity* “oh i guess freedom peace and democracy are just as far away now as they were then” goofy asses

    • @JA-be7me
      @JA-be7me Před rokem +19

      Gaddaffi was right.

    • @kratosboy5557
      @kratosboy5557 Před rokem +12

      Democracy can never work in Libya end American imperialism

  • @amigo6919
    @amigo6919 Před 3 lety +1

    This was something I’ll tell you that but you ain’t have to make me cry 😭

  • @usoasouma6855
    @usoasouma6855 Před rokem +1

    God Bless 🇱🇾 from A Samoan 🇼🇸 Born Kiwi 🇳🇿 Brother ❤️❤️❤️

  • @maximilianfranz2158
    @maximilianfranz2158 Před 5 lety +428

    3:21 abu hajaar?

    • @homersimpson6585
      @homersimpson6585 Před 5 lety +10

      TheFriendlyAR-15 in5.56 😂😂 I got it

    • @josephpepe1834
      @josephpepe1834 Před 5 lety +10

      XD NO WAY DUDE

    • @mahogany7712
      @mahogany7712 Před 5 lety +3

      Mr. 5.56 Humble Start

    • @FeyTheBin
      @FeyTheBin Před 5 lety +42

      Legend say Abu Hajaar was still rolling away from American troops.

    • @ExciVous
      @ExciVous Před 5 lety +16

      lmao abu hajaar still a meme

  • @paulfisher1859
    @paulfisher1859 Před 4 lety +8

    I love how nobody mentions how calm/brave the reporter is. I would never put myself in his situation.

  • @krackNsmackk
    @krackNsmackk Před rokem

    This is nuts dude, props to the filmmakers

  • @evanm6739
    @evanm6739 Před 8 měsíci

    Captain is a good guy hope he’s well

  • @spencerott2481
    @spencerott2481 Před 4 lety +23

    It is absolutely insane that something like this is taking place in modern times and had so little coverage.

  • @engrzakiralam3470
    @engrzakiralam3470 Před 4 lety +296

    Interview same rebels, how they feel now. Did they achieve their freedom or just messed up the whole country?

    • @untruekarut2390
      @untruekarut2390 Před 4 lety +44

      True brother...they really stupid n not understand enemy trap...poor leader ghadafi..he are good leader....i sure now Libyan people regrets what they do..

    • @Prototyp3m1nd
      @Prototyp3m1nd Před 4 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/HrKWeGNCQzQ/video.html

    • @travelfoodandnature4782
      @travelfoodandnature4782 Před 4 lety +20

      @Wyatt Williamson u are dumb

    • @josuehernandez1402
      @josuehernandez1402 Před 4 lety +8

      @S S Are you going to Rise up against Western propaganda because I'm not joining any side once a Revolution in the U.S starts

    • @WhatTheRageWasTaken
      @WhatTheRageWasTaken Před 4 lety

      Well Kaddafi is gone but there is Hafter

  • @torkoalexander1575
    @torkoalexander1575 Před 3 lety +36

    You don´t know what you have, until you lose it. Under Qaddafi, the Lybians enjoy the best life style in all the African continent, had the best healthcare, housing, education and economy. He was a man of many flows, but he not only cared for his own people, he helped all of Africa try to get out of their missery. It will take 100 years for Lybians to get back to the Qaddafi times.

  • @buzzsburner.8286
    @buzzsburner.8286 Před rokem +1

    "Either we meet in Tripoli, or we meet in heaven" is so badass at 5:35

  • @Lostmychill
    @Lostmychill Před 6 lety +6

    I've started to specifically look for the documentaries done by Shane Smith. Shane, please, do more documentaries.

  • @dularar8934
    @dularar8934 Před 3 lety +90

    I feel so sorry for that kid with basketball dream who is not alive anymore.😔 hope he is in a much better place,,

    • @dyedblack
      @dyedblack Před 3 lety +8

      But he died for the cause he believed in. The rebels won in the end and there are us to remember his bravery

    • @HafizOriolowo
      @HafizOriolowo Před 3 lety +13

      @@dyedblack they didn't win. Libya is worse

    • @babydropkickerpro4318
      @babydropkickerpro4318 Před 2 lety +7

      @@dyedblack The revolution failed... They did win... But that was to be shortlived. That's why I feel sorry for all the Libyans who fought for the revolution

    • @imperiomexicano1508
      @imperiomexicano1508 Před 2 lety

      That war is over now, they have a provisional government now after a permanent ceasefire.

  • @Sammyfarel
    @Sammyfarel Před měsícem +6

    and now libyan missed gaddafi reign

  • @augustzinger11.11
    @augustzinger11.11 Před 3 lety +4

    These ppl will always keep Fighting, the last man will fight with himself

  • @nowthatsalotofdamage8607
    @nowthatsalotofdamage8607 Před 4 lety +125

    Anyone watching 2020?

  • @henkarars
    @henkarars Před 4 lety +70

    vice news was so good when they did these documentarys

  • @Tobyman06
    @Tobyman06 Před rokem

    Man this is depressing. It seems BAD when I think of war in my head but when you actually see footage it’s much much worse

  • @masonmatheson3929
    @masonmatheson3929 Před rokem +1

    I wish vice would still do this kind of stuff

  • @mattbritland2502
    @mattbritland2502 Před 4 lety +5

    I love vice reporters.. going into the places that no one else wants to go to bring us real news

  • @alexanderkost1907
    @alexanderkost1907 Před 4 lety +30

    13:15 everything is going to shit but the guy still has it in him to go showing kindness... Good man, can't believe he's caught up in that violence.

    • @saiko4869
      @saiko4869 Před 4 lety +2

      Alexander Kost
      Because manners is a most in the Arabic culture, even if there’s a war going on manners are manners for us.

  • @timstauffacher8663
    @timstauffacher8663 Před rokem

    i cant watch this video without feeling sad. This dream of freedom bearly held for 3 years, before Liby was thrown into second, far worse civil war, and the fact that they couldnt hold their peace just breaks my heart

  • @sauceyjim2135
    @sauceyjim2135 Před 2 lety

    1:21
    I cannot believe vice used an apple garage band loop i'm crying

  • @exiscricket206
    @exiscricket206 Před 5 lety +234

    Meanwhile Abu Hajaar Is Still Rolling?

    • @extremkrem622
      @extremkrem622 Před 5 lety +7

      Always.

    • @TimmyTheTimeTraveler
      @TimmyTheTimeTraveler Před 5 lety +8

      Hmm. I wonder... Where is he rolling at now?

    • @nathanremix5800
      @nathanremix5800 Před 4 lety +3

      @@TimmyTheTimeTraveler to the sewers probaly

    • @jameslowman1355
      @jameslowman1355 Před 4 lety +3

      I saw him in Minneapolis MN rolling westbound anyone west see him

    • @itz_bk
      @itz_bk Před 4 lety +1

      He is rolling toward his 72 grand mom🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Logman-su4vg
    @Logman-su4vg Před 4 lety +72

    Man the old man that owned the building made me cry.

  • @skrrtkrrt3101
    @skrrtkrrt3101 Před rokem

    im a grown man i cried when i saw and hear those young guys dreams and wants in life.

  • @X2HellYeah2X
    @X2HellYeah2X Před 4 lety +167

    I’m behind I’m watching this in 2019 lol

    • @johncuervo3019
      @johncuervo3019 Před 4 lety

      Same

    • @atlesstrup6472
      @atlesstrup6472 Před 4 lety +12

      Im in 2020
      But so are you if you see this

    • @califighter56
      @califighter56 Před 4 lety +2

      @@atlesstrup6472 And now it's an even worse mess

    • @AmxrJ99
      @AmxrJ99 Před 4 lety +1

      Meanwhile I'm watching this in quarentine

    • @imthatjay
      @imthatjay Před 4 lety

      I'm watching in 2020 and I'm not even sure if they killed him😂😂😂

  • @georgemopo3761
    @georgemopo3761 Před rokem +1

    shane smith in his prime young age was just in another level on journalism respect

  • @ConstantineJoseph
    @ConstantineJoseph Před 10 lety +58

    Gadaffi wasn't a saint. But he was truly developing Libya with the oil they have and helping neighboring African nations. Yes still a petty dictator, but he was financing marriages, helping start up families, start up businesses, and having cheap transportation system and helping people get started with their livelihood.
    I think he was very pro libyans and wanted to be independently strong. MNCs hate strong nations running on their own talent, hence they create a hegelian dialectic and knock out Gadaffi to put their rapist oil companies and foreign mercenaries and talents into Libya.
    My prayers go out to the Libyans. Nations are ruining that nation

    • @amedemad7269
      @amedemad7269 Před 5 lety +5

      thats what I'm saying bro
      there could never be a leader better than him

    • @gabrielasakanta8013
      @gabrielasakanta8013 Před 4 lety +1

      @@militaryislam5184 keep crying bitch.

  • @mcribbeefboss
    @mcribbeefboss Před 3 lety +3

    This Libyan Revolution seems like a cool CoD game idea

  • @kabssaso
    @kabssaso Před měsícem +7

    im sure libyans are are enjoying the country now

    • @NolaDevilT.V
      @NolaDevilT.V Před měsícem

      😂😂

    • @abdalrahman1889
      @abdalrahman1889 Před měsícem +3

      غالبا انت تحاول السخرية
      ولكن نحن فعلا نستمتع ببلدنا الحرة ولسنا نادمين ابدا

    • @kennethcaminade864
      @kennethcaminade864 Před 16 dny +1

      LOL, thanks to the "liberators"