Deep Inside Gaddafi News Today

Desert rally than a military campaign. rebels speeding away, retreating. with tanks, artillery and flanking maneuvers, gaddafis trips easily drove the rebels back, far away from gaddafis hometown. from a safe distance, the rebels fired back, but they are well out of range. witnesses say gaddafi is also planting land mines in the desert, making any ground advance even more difficult. the worst fighting appears to be in the west, in ms. randa, deep inside gaddafis territory. saving this town today...

>> you asked about a $550 million. according to the pentagon, another forty million for the next three weeks. the big drop is because they are expecting a sharp drop in the use of u.s. fighter jets, aerial tanker refueling, intelligence, reconnaissance flights, the question is, how do the rebels operate if that is going to be where the u.s. is going forward, or will nato and other countries make up the difference? >> look what happened today. the air strikes, the rebels basically had no air cove...

I am joined tonight by my friend and colleague, chris jinxing with the lead from new york. what do you have? >> we are going to introduce you to a rebel leader and show you where and gaddafis military struck hardest. this is how the situation is playing out over the airwaves. >> political tools, diplomatic tools, shepherds, all of which continue to tighten the noose. >> we are involved in a much more extensive operation and others have acknowledged. >> we are protecting civilians. if that is a p...

There was a real feel for what people the the revolt in the mid east is expressed in the graffiti on the walls. here the graffiti says things like down with gaddafi and out with the dictator. there is also a great deal of graffiti like this. there is an undercurrent of anti-israeli and anti-jewish sentiment in revolts across the middle east. we spoke to rebels who say they are fighting gaddafi because he is a dictator but also because they believe he is secretly jewish. in egypt when protesters ...

Employes our will on the people of libya, but we can and must stand with them as they determine their own destiny. >> this is a template for the future. there has to be other nations stepping up. >> that was on the air on the ground tonight. rebel forces are regrouping after pro gaddafi fighters opened a brutal counterattack that set them running for their lives and away from the fight. without air support, the rebels are outgunned and may not be able to take another city. the question before pr...

Recent days. the defense department says the price tag for u.s. taxpayers so far is about $550 million. that is expected to run about $40 million more over the next three weeks. hillary clinton today called this a turning point in libya when she was in london. she met with one of the rebel leaders. what are you seeing on the ground in libya? >> i still cant get over that number, $550 million to destroy tanks from the air. i dont understand how the price tag gets so high so quickly. it could look...

They are stopping -- mr. obama mentioned that. >> in the rebel capital, president obamas speech was university welcomed. bankers stressed that the united states wont topple the doffing militarily but will help libyans do it themselves. men remain grateful for the american intervention. >> i would like to show my gratitude. i appreciate what they have done for us. >> on the front line, it is clear that without sustained western air support, the rebels cant take territory or hold it either. >> reb...