Amateur footage acquired by Al Jazeera shows troops loyal to longtime Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi patrolling Ajdabiya in mid-March, when they controlled the town. Gaddafi's troops are rarely seen in action outside of the front lines and on government-sponsored trips provided to journalists in the west.

The men can be seen questioning residents - some of whom wave green pro-Gaddafi flags - driving convoys of heavy rocket launchers, and waving their weapons. In other clips provided to Al Jazeera, they can be seen calling on youth to come out from their houses and arresting them, and in one scene, a soldier tells his commander by radio that he needs to capture rebel vehicles to take their ammunition.