RENEE MONTAGNE, Host:
Unidentified Man #2: (Foreign language spoken)
LOURDES GARCIA: Mohammed Khalifa is a 35 year old English teacher who's among the volunteers.
MOHAMMED KHALIFA: We will fight for freedom and honor, to be free. Our country.
GARCIA: Some men here have no military training at all, and others have come all the way from Egypt to join the fight, like Ahmed Mohammed a computer engineer.
AHMED MOHAMMED: Unidentified Man #3: (Foreign language spoken)
GARCIA: Unidentified Mane #4: (Yelling in foreign language)
GARCIA: Unidentified Man #5: (Foreign language spoken)
GARCIA: Back at the training camp, the military seemed confused, arguing for calm. But it's the youth that are running this show. Mahmoud Albuyasir is among them.
MAHMOUD ALBUYASIR: Unidentified Man #6: (Foreign language spoken)
GARCIA: Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, NPR News, Benghazi.
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