[Becky Anderson:] Crammed into a cell in fear of their lives the African migrants accused of fighting for Gadhafi. Tonight, with fears that Libya could be spiraling into chaos, I'll ask the U.N. whether it's time to put foreign boots on the ground. Plus, find out why this player is getting football fans across the globe in a frenzy. And battling their way into the 21st century, we'll reveal how some of the world's biggest comic book heroes are getting a makeover. These stories and more tonight as we connect the world. Well, we begin tonight with breaking news out of Libya. Two of Moammar Gadhafi's sons are speaking out this hour, both of them still in hiding. And they are giving very conflicting signals. Saif al-Islam was extremely defiant, promising that the regime forces are coming soon to liberate Tripoli from the rebels. He also warned them not to attack his father's hometown of Sirte. A Syrian-based TV channel aired his audio message just minutes ago.
[Saif Al-islam Gadhafi:] There's concern. We told them we can tell them take Sirte if you just go in, there are more than 20,000 armed young people and they are ready, well trained, ready, willing and able. Our we are going through stages in Aziza, Eastern Aziza yes. We are struggling and we're fighting. This is no more than propaganda, media propaganda in order to distort the public opinion. And the leadership is fine. The leader is fine. And we are fighting. And we are drinking tea and coffee. And we are sitting with our families. And we are fighting. However, there is also another message to all our
[Anderson:] He sounds like his father, doesn't he? Well, Saif al-Islam, his brother Saadi Gadhafi, meantime, delivered a quite different message when he spoke to Al-Arabiya. He says he has been negotiating with a rebel commander on ways to stop the bloodshed. Let's get right to Nic Robertson, our correspondent there in Tripoli for the very latest. And remarkably different narratives from two brothers, neither of which we know where they are, of course, nor do we know where his father is at the moment.
[Nic Robertson, Cnn Senior International Correspondent:] Well, Saif al- Islam and his message said that he was in the suburbs of Tripoli. But I think one of the important issues here is, is Saif al-Islam really speaking for the tribes of Bani Walid, as he said? Is he really speaking for the tribes of Sirte, as he said? We haven't heard from the National Transitional Council yet, who say they've been negotiating elder to elder, elder to elder in both those places. The the town, the important town 400 kilometers along the coast, Sirte; and and Bani Walid, about 200 kilometers southeast of the city here. So is Saif really, really speaking for those tribes or not? And why has he chosen to speak out right now, which is several days before the deadline the government has set for an answer, or the National Transitional Council has set for an answer? So it then goes on to pose another question. OK, so that really is the real answer, then does the NTC start its attack now on Sirte and Bani Walid. So it it certainly raises the stakes. Why is why are these messages so different? Interesting. Saadi has been saying this for a number of days. Has been talking to the NTC. The military command said he has been trying to negotiate a cease-fire, that he speaks for the former government here and that his father and Saif don't. And they've both been coming out with completely different messages. It does seem that they are beginning to realize that their time is running out. I think that's the overall impression here right now Becky.
[Anderson:] And Libyans certainly celebrating the fall of a brutal regime. There are, though, growing concerns, Nic, about retribution at the hands of the rebels. And I know that you filed a report on exactly that tonight.
[Robertson:] You know, what's happening in and around Tripoli is that a lot of people are being arrested on suspicion of being Gadhafi forces. And what we found on a visit to a jail here is that the vast majority of those being arrested are African migrant workers.
[Nic Robertson, Cnn Senior International Correspondent:] They are frightened. Up to 15 crammed to a cell. The stifling heat amplifying their fear. They are Libya's new despised African migrants, rounded up in their droves, accused of being Gadhafi loyalists. In this rebel jail, they are disproportionately represented, the vast majority of 300 inmates. This Ghanaian prisoner says he was on his way to his day laboring job when he was picked up.
[Unidentified Male:] Yes, I'm afraid because what are they saying? They're saying we have worked with Gadhafi. We do we are not working with Gadhafi. We are here struggling to get money and go back to our country.
[Robertson:] They all have similar stories.
[Blasmina Dawali, African Prisoner:] I feel sad. I feel sad every day. Because I look at my voice, I cried. And I don't want too much sympathy, that's all.
[Robertson:] Dawali, a Nigerian, says her husband was arrested a week ago and she was picked up when she went out to buy food.
[Dawali:] They took everything from us. They collected everything from us. I had my money inside my palm. They took the money
[Robertson:] The man in charge of the jail, a computer sciences graduate with no experience at managing inmates, admits half the prisoners are probably innocent.
[Alaa Al-ameen About Rass, Prisoner Manager:] I'm not allowed to to leave them, because I didn't bring them here. Someone else bring them here and he signed for this. So he's that that's the one is responsible about to release them or not.
[Robertson:] A few hours later, he's replaced by professional jailers. But prisoners say nothing else changes. [on camera]: The shambolic situation here is symptomatic of the chaotic transfer of power across the country. But amidst it, there is an undercurrent of retribution that runs rife. Many believe the Africans here are Gadhafi's mercenaries, where, in reality, hundreds of thousands were in the country before the war, working as simple day laborers. You only have to look at how the Libyans are being treated to see the difference. [voice-over]: Their conditions almost luxurious by comparison. Fewer to a cell. More space to move around. Better access to the scant water supplies. This Libyan prisoner picked up when he went to see his family.
[Firas Salaheddin Mustafa, Libyan Prisoner:] Right now, this evening, it's good. But some people come here and they call us zogs and they call us, you you worked for Gadhafi or something. But most of us don't.
[Robertson:] Regardless of nationality, what unites the prisoners here, however, is fear.
[Mustafa:] I don't know if they'll kill me or I don't know what will happen. They might shoot me. I don't know what's going on.
[Robertson:] Their jailers promise justice. But amidst the appearance of prejudice, it may be hard to find. And it could be a long time before any of the people inside those jails actually get some real attention by judges and the legal system here Becky.
[Anderson:] And so it goes on. Nic, we thank you for that. Nic Robertson is in Tripoli for you this evening. Now, I want to bring you an update on a story that I know has touched many of you around the world. We told you about Shweyga Mullah, a nanny who was working in the home of one of Gadhafi's other sons, Hannibal. She was found severely scalded and burned. And she says it was done to her by Hannibal Gadhafi's wife. Now, her story has struck a chord with many of you, I know. We've been receiving many requests for how you might be able to help out. Now, CNN is helping to arrange some treatment for Shweyga. She will need months to recover, I've got to say. And you can now help yourselves, CNN.comimpact. There you'll find a link to a page that's being set up by Anti-Slavery International specifically to help Shweyga. That is our Impact Your World page. That's CNN.comimpact. Well, Eid, the end of Ramadan, is traditionally a time to feast and exchange gifts with loved ones, of course. This year it comes as people in Tripoli are struggling with a shortage of food and water. Well, the EU giving about $40 million for emergency humanitarian operations in Tripoli. Now, earlier, I talked with Mark Choonoo, who's a UNICEF emergency specialist who's in the Libyan capital. And I asked him whether the influx of those sort of numbers like that from the EU that's been allocated, will be enough. And this is what he said.
[Mark Choonoo, Unicef Emergency Specialist:] Currently, with the water system, for instance, for us to be able to adequately respond, we need 1.5 million liters of water per day for each day of the crisis. There's been no water in the water pipes since Saturday. So, if we are going to respond at these levels, there's a much larger budget that's required. And we need to be able to respond to crises that we are not really used to at these camps.
[Anderson:] A representative of UNICEF on the ground there in Tripoli for you this evening. Well, world diplomats are gathering in Paris for a major conference on these and other challenges facing Libya. Representatives from 60 countries will discuss the funding and rebuilding of a new, democratic state. That is on Thursday. Ian Martin is among those who will be attending that meeting. He's a U.N. special adviser on Libya. And I spoke with him before he caught his flight out to Paris, asking him, first, what he thought of the rebels' deadline for surrender. That, of course, being Saturday, they say. Saturday or else.
[Ian Martin, U.n. Special Adviser:] Clearly, that is a military threat. But the strong hope of the international community is that that can be avoided by the Gadhafi loyalists ceasing to to to consider a further military stand rather than a peaceful transition.
[Anderson:] There's a big meeting in Paris Thursday. What is your number one priority on the list for that meeting, which I know you will be attending yourself?
[Martin:] It's a key moment for the international community to overcome some of the decisions there have been and be united in support of Libya for the future. That was certainly the mood in the Security Council yesterday. And I'm certain it will be the mood in Paris. And there seems to be a strong wish from the Libyans and from the international community as a whole that the United Nations would play a leading role in the post- conflict period.
[Anderson:] Libya needs money. It needs assets and it needs them fast. They have frozen around the world some $200 billion worth. Some $3 billion or so have been unfrozen by the U.N. Security Council. Who's standing in the way of more money being unlocked at this point?
[Martin:] Some members of the Council have put a hold on the immediate requests that they were after unfreezing and are concerned about what the arrangements are going to be for the the spending of those assets when unfrozing unfrozen, from the point of view of the the secretary- general, and particularly the humanitarian needs, it's really important that the period of of humanitarian dependency is as short as possible and that funds are available. And, of course, in the longer-term, it's important that Libya turns the page toward transparent, accountable handling of its very considerable assets and and resources and avoids the corruption that has marked that in the past.
[Anderson:] Come on, Ian, who are the members standing in the way?
[Martin:] I'm not sure at the moment which of the members of the Security Council have are retaining what is called a hold on the particular request.
[Anderson:] Can I suggest Russia and China?
[Martin:] China certainly has been has put a hold on it at some points. But I'm I'm not simply not sure which countries, at the moment, are sustaining holds on which requests.
[Anderson:] What are you going to do short-term?
[Martin:] It's very clear now that the Libyans don't intend to ask for any military deployment from the United Nations and that the possibility, in the context of a cease-fire of some unarmed military observers is no longer relevant in the present scenario. But what we have to do first is precisely engage with the Libyans at the leadership level, but also on the ground in Tripoli, as we will be doing very soon, to understand their situation, to understand what they want to ask for and to see who in the international community, the U.N. and others, can be helpful as they restore security and build a a democratically accountable public security force for the future.
[Anderson:] And you've been listening to the voice of the UN's special representative on post-conflict resolution ahead of that big meeting in Paris on Libya Thursday. More on that, of course, here on this show tomorrow evening. Well, coming up, the storm has moved on, but restoring power, well, that is a struggle. Why Hurricane Irene is still wreaking havoc on East Coast Americans. And then football frenzy the latest deals and steals in the last 90 minutes of the transfer window. And dramatic makeovers for iconic comic book characters we're going to show you all the new looks a little later on in this show. You're watching CNN. It's 15 minutes past 9:00 in London. I'm Becky Anderson. Stay with us.