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Brega and ajdabiya today. we are heard that gadhafi troops are on the defensive there. we want to go to ajdabiya with international correspondent ben wedeman is there. i know you were in brega today, and did you see the rebels surrounding the city, and who would you say appears to be in control there? >> well, it appears they are still in brega, the gadhafi forces in control. we were to the north of there, and of course, we came under fire three times, three separate times by artillery and some ...

After violence during the march is seen here over the weekend, todays demonstrations in eastern cities appear to be relatively peaceful. angry protesters killed more than 20 people, including several u.n. staffers earlier. florida preacher stoked the outrage when he recently burned a koran. u.s. officials say the act puts american troops in afghanistan at greater risk. libyan rebels moved on the oil town of brega today. government troops stood their ground and forced them back. still, opposi...

And i saw them also preparing to move back in the direction of brega to try to retake that town. but theres absolutely no guaranty that theyre going to make any progress whatsoever. and this is fairly surprising given that before the real impediment for their advances was the libyan air force. the libyan air force is now gone. theres a no-fly zone. there are nato air strikes. theres several in the area of brega today. but that doesnt seem to be able to provide that critical breaking point they n...

Guaranty that theyre going to make any progress whatsoever. and this is fairly surprising given that before the real impediment for their advances was the libyan air force. the libyan air force is now gone. theres a no-fly zone. there are nato air strikes. theres several in the area of brega today. but that doesnt seem to be able to provide that critical breaking point they need to move forward. theyre still plagued by this chaotic system. they dont have any command and control. they dont even h...

Rebels. there was plenty of spent artillery boxes and cases at the side of the road, but plenty of damage and destroyed what looked like rebel forces military equipment at the side of the road. government here has been playing on state television pictures from brega today. this is the very sort of large and important town because its got so many of the countrys gas and oil pipelines running into it. and the government now says it has control of that town. and that will be important for the gover...

And this is fairly surprising given that before the real impediment for their advances was the libyan air force. the libyan air force is now gone. theres a no-fly zone. there are nato air strikes. theres several in the area of brega today. but that doesnt seem to be able to provide that critical breaking point they need to move forward. theyre still plagued by this chaotic system. they dont have any command and control. they dont even have communications because the cell phone system in this are...

Given that before the real impediment for their advances was the libyan air force. the libyan air force is now gone. theres a no-fly zone. there are nato air strikes. theres several in the area of brega today. but that doesnt seem to be able to provide that critical breaking point they need to move forward. theyre still plagued by this chaotic system. they dont have any command and control. they dont even have communications because the cell phone system in this area has gone down. so it is chao...