article_snippet.sent: During Gaddafi rule, Libyans would be nervous just walking anywhere near the fortress-like seat of the Gaddafi regime.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking about life before an uprising as part of the Arab Spring in 2011, Tripoli taxi driver Hassan said people feared to go near the Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli. '
article_snippet.sent: People were afraid even to look at the walls, for fear of being arrested,' Gaddafi said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Libyans were 'even afraid to look at walls of palace', for fear of being arrested while Gaddafi was in power .
  