(ITN News: 1030 PST, February 25, 2011) Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has addressed his supporters in Green Square, Tripoli.

Raw Video: Gaddafi Asks Supporters to Fight Back

(Associated Press: 0957 PST, February 25, 2011) Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has told a crowd of his supporters massed in a central Tripoli square to fight back against protesters and "defend the nation."

(Associated Press: 0730 PST, February 22, 2011) Libyan forces were reportedly cracking down on anti-government protesters in the capital overnight, while elsewhere in the Middle East demonstrations were continuing in Bahrain and Yemen.