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Emphasis on this. >> opposition forces say nato is far more cautious in picking their targets and slower in their ability to respond quickly to events on the ground, something critics warned about when the handover to nato was first proposed. >> u.s. military will no longer be flying strike sorites against gadhafis armored columns and ground forces. i believe this would be a profound mistake with potentially disastrous consequences. >> we learned today american aircraft are still being used in s...

Great effort to protect the civilians since the nato took over the operation. so we would like to put great emphasis on this. >> opposition forces say nato is far more cautious in picking their targets and slower in their ability to respond quickly to events on the ground, something critics warned about when the handover to nato was first proposed. >> u.s. military will no longer be flying strike sorties against gadhafis armored columns and ground forces. i believe this would be a profound mista...

The question now-w a stalemate on the ground between opposition forces and gadhafis army and libyan civilians still suffering in places like misrata and tripoli and elsewhere, is nato doing enough? joining us now from benghazi is ben wedeman. also, retired general mark kimmitt, former assistant secretary of state for political affairs during the bush administration and currently executive vice president of advanced technology systems company, a defense contracting firm. and jill dougherty at the...

That is, after all, the u.n. mandate. but in the city of misurata, gadhafi forces continue to shell and use snipers in an attempt to regain control. for weeks we watched civilians in misurata die as opposition forces try to fight back. the city has been surrounded for seven weeks now and units have called the situation for people there grave and deteriorating. late last month, president obama handed the mission over to nato saying america would shift to a supporting role. >> but for those who do...

Gradually that gadhafis forces are trying to push in. i was on the phone with somebody yesterday, and really it makes your hair stand on end when you hear the conditions there. and because its an urban area, its much more difficult for any plane, nato or otherwise, to put a stop to that slow strangulation of misrata. >> general kim met, to bens point about misrata, weve been watching for seven weeks as civilians have been killed in that city. they continue to shell into that city. they use snipe...

Hear the conditions there. because its an urban area, its much more difficult for any plane, nato or otherwise, to put a stop to that slow strangulation of misurata. >> to bens point in misurata, weve been watching for seven weeks as civilians have been killed in that city. they continue to shell into that city, they use snipers on buildings according to opposition forces who ive talked to on the ground, who ben has talked to, as well. isnt that the starkest example of the failure of -- if the u...

The city has been surrounded for seven weeks now and units have called the situation for people there grave and deteriorating. late last month, president obama handed the mission over to nato saying america would shift to a supporting role. >> but for those who doubted our capacity to carry out this operation, i want to be clear, the united states of america has done what we said we would do. >> even then, there were questions whether that would be good enough to protect libyan civilians and whe...

Egypts former president is now in custody. hossy mubarak is in custody. hes in a hospital now because an egyptian state television says he had a heart attack. other reports say he had a nervous breakdown. international conflicts in libya today. theyre involved in the military campaign. topics range from humanitarian aid to funding the rebels to nato air strikes. the libyan opposition called on nato to be more aggressive. >> so were not seeing really a great effort to protect the civilians sinc...

Radiation risks from japans fukushima nuclear facility are higher than first thought. officials are being forced to review their assessment of the crisis and theyve raised the threat rating to the highest possible international level. it is now on par with the chernobyl nuclear disaster but some experts say this exaggerates the situation. >> the libyan opposition has rejected a road map proposal by the african union to end their war against government forces. cheers erupted from supporters when ...

>> reporter: well, basically we were sort of really completely focused, anderson, on this -- the aftermath of the air strike. we were at the hospital. but as we were talking to the doctors, talking to eyewitnesss and the wounded, we noticed that truck after truck after truck of the opposition was just streaming out of town. word went out that the gadhafi forces were at the gates of ajdabiya, and would soon be in the city itself. so we had to run back to our hotel in record time, packed our bags ...