New videos posted by Libya's opposition showed anti-government protesters raising the pre-Gaddafi flag on a building outside the capital and lining up cement blocks to defend themselves.

The report comes a day after two high-ranking Libyan air force pilots fled to Malta in their aircraft.

GlobalPost's Jon Jensen reports from the Libya-Egypt border. "Everybody inside Libya has a gun. It's completely lawless," one Egyptian returnee told him.

Thousands protested in Tunis on Sunday demanding that the caretaker government, led by Ben Ali ally Mohamed Ghannouchi, resign.