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>> i interviewed around 140 women. >> and what did these women tell you about their experiences during this conflict. >> they said they had been raped by gadhafis militia. >> she said she heard the first report of rape from the mother of a patient who called her from ajdabia, a city caught in a deadly tug of war between rebels and government forces. >> she was crying and said somebody kidnapped me and raped me. more than three or four men. they raped me and left me outside. >> more phone calls f...

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Closer in their march towards bengha benghazi. >> on the outskirts of a city where there was a running battle for much of saturday between gadhafis forces and the opposition fighters. the battle began earlier in the day with bombardment by gadhafis artillery of positions to the west of the city. already we had seen most of the fighters and the soldiers of the oppositi opposition had pulled out of the city, as gradually, the forces turned further and further toward the city of benghazi. we were t...

Instead of weapons. nbcs jim maceda is live in tripoli. are they making any headway against the guede.ca fi forces, jim? >> reporter: theyve moved 80 miles in one day but theyve been stuck right where theyve been for about six days. contessa, it boils down to there. theres a showdown between coalition planes in the air and gadhafis ground forces with both sides waiting to see who will blink first. this is the battlefield where the future of libya could be playing out. in ajdabia. here the rebels...

Bunch of fascists, and said they were laughing at their bombs and missiles. "we are ready for the fight, whether it be a short one or a long one" he said in his first public appearance in more than a week. while on the battlefield the conflict was shaping up to be anything but short. gadhafis forces were still in control in ajdabiya. the we bells on the outskirts unable to penetrate tanks, despite nato fire power from the air. in misrata, another flashpoint rebels were holding out, despite anoth...

Bbc, ted koppel, tom ricks, and nbc news white house captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. good morning. the president will address the nation about u.s. involvement in libya tomorrow night in response to calls for him to clarify the u.s. mission there. meanwhile, day nine of u.s. and allied air strikes libya as rebel forces advance and manage to take control of the strategic city of ajdabyia in eastern libya, a celebration by rebels there yesterday. opposition forces hav...

The rebels retreat and try and assault again. rebels say they need more help, not just from the air. they want advisers on the ground. richard engel, nbc news, on the front outside of ajdabia. an aftershock jolted fukushima prefecture this morning. workers were evacuated from the plant again today after a plume of black smoke rose from reactor number three. officials reconnected power to the reactors control room, but power still has not been restored to the cooling system. its not clear what ...

The people of benghazi. were considerably far away from there. the air strikes have destroyed all the forces that were threatening the city. now the air strikes are helping an advance by the rebels. if the air strikes stop, then the rebels will no longer be able to advance and this could become a long, drawn-out stalemate. >> in ajdabiya, richard engel with the very latest. richard, thank you as always. as part of the presidents effort to more explain the mission in libya, hillary clinton and ...

>> reporter: it means that so far the allied air strikes have allowed the rebels to advance. it theyve moved their front lines about 50 miles forward in the last 24 hours or so. and behind me its clear to see why. western air strikes destroyed by our count at least 20 tanks and other armored vehicles just in this area alone. the rebels came through. im on the outskirts of ajdabia now. they have found that gadhafis forces in the area have been destroyed and now they are pushing even further west....