missiles out of cert. a large military presence there. there could be a battle there. and places ongoing with the capital. most significantly a number of journalists, more than three dozen, or almost three dozen, basically held inside one of tripoli s hotels surrounded by a number of loyalists that are using that kind of as their last holdout and using these journ journalists really as human shields. stephanie gosk, thank you. let me bring in a time international editor who talked about the symbolic importance of this. over the last six months since fight hag gone on we ve seen this video of moammar gadhafi going around in this golf cart and that s where he has made pronouncements from. so where is he? reporter: i think he s smart enough to know that is the first place they would look. i think his instinct, head south. the east and west are both taken essentially by the rebels.
libya. 88 bombs in the last 24 hours. it s clear coalition forces have shifted the opposition. retaking two key oil ports in a matter of 20 hours. before the first bombs were dropped, the rebels were brutally forced back to their home base of benghazi. this weekend, they pushed west retaking the terminals in ras lanuf and the city of brega. and for the first time, air strikes have targeted the city of sirte. rebel forces telling cnn, they expect a long and bloody battle there. arwa damon on the front line with the rebels as they march west. reporter: we re here on the western outskirts of the oil town of brega. yet another location. now it would seem firmly in control of opposition fighters. they say thanks to those air strikes that took out gadhafi s positions outside of ajdabiya,
involved and they ve take the sea of brega as well and overall a pattern where there s assault from the air and the ground, with tanks, rockets, and then ground forces move in. so far, the rebels do not have an answer and especially no answer to that government s air power, harris. harris: all right. that s their battle there. what about the diplomate the particular battle? reporter: things keep getting worse for the gadhafi department of the in tripoli on the government front even though they re winning on the battlefield. secretary of state hillary clinton is expect today meet with representatives of the rebels in paris and arab league, 22 nation league just condemned gadhafi s government as illegitimate and called for a no-fly zone, something the rebels have been asking for and western powers hesitant to give, many questioning how effective it would be and concerns about being drawn into a civil war in another muslim nation. harris. harris: all right. of course, you re in the
involved and they ve take the sea of brega as well and overall a pattern where there s assault from the air and the ground, with tanks, rockets, and then ground forces move in. so far, the rebels do not have an answer and especially no answer to that government s air power, harris. harris: all right. that s their battle there. what about the diplomate the particular battle? reporter: things keep getting worse for the gadhafi department of the in tripoli on the government front even though they re winning on the battlefield. secretary of state hillary clinton is expect today meet with representatives of the rebels in paris and arab league, 22 nation league just condemned gadhafi s government as illegitimate and called for a no-fly zone, something the rebels have been asking for and western powers hesitant to give, many questioning how effective it would be and concerns about being drawn into a civil war in another muslim nation. harris. harris: all right. of course, you re in the
involved and they ve take the sea of brega as well and overall a pattern where there s assault from the air and the ground, with tanks, rockets, and then ground forces move in. so far, the rebels do not have an answer and especially no answer to that government s air power, harris. harris: all right. that s their battle there. what about the diplomate the particular battle? reporter: things keep getting worse for the gadhafi department of the in tripoli on the government front even though they re winning on the battlefield. secretary of state hillary clinton is expect today meet with representatives of the rebels in paris and arab league, 22 nation league just condemned gadhafi s government as illegitimate and called for a no-fly zone, something the rebels have been asking for and western powers hesitant to give, many questioning how effective it would be and concerns about being drawn into a civil war in another muslim nation. harris. harris: all right. of course, you re in the