While the international community pushes for sanctions against Libya over Muammar Gaddafi's brutal crackdown - his son, Saif al-Islam, says everything is normal.<br /><br />He says the problem lies in the eastern regions. <br /><br />In the city of Tobruk close to the Egyptian border, there is no presence of security forces. <br /><br />The province of Cyrenaica is also in the hands of pro-democracy protesters according to Franco Frattini, Italy's foreign minister. <br /><br />And it is the same situation in the western city of Misurata where army officers have reportedly thrown their weight behind calls for Gaddafi to go.<br /><br />Tripoli is said to be on virtual lockdown - it has always been Gaddafi's stronghold .<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford reports.
