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>> reporter: well, we can tell you -- >> it certainly -- >> im sorry. >> it does look like a lot like face saving. it comes on a day when the rebels say theyve taken over central misurata, theyve ousted gadhafi forces and the snipers who were causing a lot of havoc. and now comes a statement the army is withdrawing and the tribes are taking over. essentially what the deputy foreign minister told me is the tribes approached the libyan military and told them they werent making headway, and the tri...

We are still trying to get more information on whether or not people were killed. >> fred, what do you make of the libyan government saying theyre pulling out of misurata? they say theyre leaving the fight to the tribes. the spokesman for the rebel military command says if gadhafi leaves misurata, the game is over, its a significant move. what do you make of it? does it make sense that they would leave this up to the tribes, is this just face saving? >> well, we can tell you -- >> it certainly -...

Leaves misurata, the game is over, its a significant move. what do you make of it? does it make sense that they would leave this up to the tribes, is this just face saving? >> well, we can tell you -- >> it certainly -- >> im sorry. >> it does look like a lot like face saving. it comes at an interesting time, of course. it comes on a day when the rebels say theyve taken over central misurata, theyve ousted gadhafi forces and the snipers who were causing a lot of havoc. and now comes a statement ...

So were not sure what happened, whether its true that people were killed in that air strike. however, there are air strikes going on and it does appear as there were some in central tripoli tonight. we are still trying to get more information on whether or not people were killed. >> fred, what do you make of the libyan government saying theyre pulling out of misurata? they say theyre leaving the fight to the tribes. the spokesman for the rebel military command says if gadhafi leaves misurata, th...