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Snipers on it that we could see from our position. then theres other bigger caliber weapons that we seen them fire inside the city as well, things like mortars and artillery, and theyre also using them to shell the port area of misurata, which of course, making it very, very difficult for any ships to come in there. and those are the only lifelines for that city. both to get goods inside to keep the people there alive and also to get people and civ-- wounded and civilians out. >> will the revela...

So it is clearly not a weapon system to be used in cities and its against international law to use these against civilians. >> a lot of nations have sworn these off completely. the united states does have some though, meant to be used against tanks? >> absolutely. thats why the united states reserves the right to use those. >> and fred, youve been in misurata and you have seen not only the siege in that city, but the tactics being used by the gadhafi regime forces. take us inside. >> yeah, the t...

So we did hear a lot of shooting and also seemed like it was sort of heavier caliber weapons that we were hearing during the night, t.j.? >> frederick, we know that 52,000 americans are registered at the embassy there in egypt. many of them trying to get out. but are of these opting to stay as well? give us an update about the americans. >> reporter: well, we certainly spoke to some people who said that they are opting to stay, that they want to stay for this point in time. a lot of them also at...