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>> he is right about one thing. the world is, in fact, watching misratah. i regard were seeing human casualties in hospitals that would suggest there is rather extensive, significant casualties on the civilian side and belie what they are claiming. what is from your sense, youre in tripoli, youve been to misratah. youve traveled all over. what is your sense of the state of the military confrontation? are we come into a stalemate at this point? >> reporter: absolutely. it certainly looks like the...

Front, adjdabia, you saw the rubble saying they were trying to advance on brega. they said they took brega. we dont have confirmation of that. the going is slow there. of course, without nato air strikes, they wouldnt be making advances at all. even with the nato air strikes, gadhafis forces for a long time were advancing on the rebel position. in misratah, the situation is different because the rebels cant pull back because its a city under siege right on the sea. that is one of the reasons why...

I dont think that boots on the ground likely to happen, ben. from your perspective, are the nato air strikes useless? >> reporter: they are certainly not stopping moammar gadhafis forces from advancing. we were at the western gate of adjdabia when it came end an intense artillery barrage by opposition forces. adjdabia is a ghost town. there is nothing to stop libyan forces from coming in here. it is a long open road from adjdabia, about 100 kilometers or miles to benghazi, the capital of opposit...

Visited a border on the edge of tunisia urging the world to continue humanitarian efforts to the people. now, to the fight against moammar gadhafi. it is centered in eastern libya. thats where we find cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman. >> reporter: yesterday, the rebels suffered a setback being pushed from the outskirts of brega 25 miles towards adjdabia. thats where we are now. what they have done is set up defensive positions around this city of about 100,000 people. they co...