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Rebels cant take tripoli, the rebels cant go to tripoli, we should have known this. this is playing according to script. the idea that teenagers, the idea that lawyers and businessmen who rush to the toyota carollas and rush to the front to take on gadhafi and win -- >> is a stalemate acceptable to you? >> its a great moral scandal. i think now we see the contradictions of american policy. we left it to the british and to the french, and they took the lead. they insisted they could do it. and no...

Opposition gadhafi forces have been ping-ponging between brega and ajdabiya and today u.s. general carter ham said its unlikely the opposition will be able to take tripoli and push gadhafi out. ben wedeman joins us live from ajdabiya. here in new york, professor professor fouad ajami. and in berkeley california, former cia officer bob baer. and in tripoli, cnn correspondent nic robertson. ben, last night you were in ajdabiya. a lot of the media had left. today, you had to rush out of ajdabiya af...

Says this fighter. the attack has left the opposition forces reeling and sparked another wild retreat. first foe, and now it would seem friend, has them on the run. >> nato is saying the situation is fluid and unclear. what is clear the battle between gadhafi forces and opposition forces is looking more like a stalemate than ever. opposition gadhafi forces have been ping-ponging between brega and ajdabiya and today u.s. general carter ham said its unlikely the opposition will be able to take tri...

Getting the job done or adding to the chaos. four people died, 14 injured in air strikes in the eastern part of the country today. opposition leaders wondering whether nato fired on the forces that theyre supposed to be helping. heres what cnns ben wedeman saw and heard outside of ajdabiya today. >> reporter: already demoralized by the superior fire power of the libyan army, fighters and medics alike are showing the strain. and theyre lashing out at their should-be protecters. they shouldnt hit ...

People are taking a stand on lets start cutting. the latest from libya. its not likely the opposition will be able to oust gadhafi, looking more like a stalemate on the ground. the opposition has complained that nato isnt doing enough to help and now word that nato may have accidently fired on the wrong people and the opposition has high tailed it to benghazi. breaking news out of japan. another strong aftershock. this is the earthquake hit at night there. more than a hundred injured, at lea...

Amman in jordan. you can hear the friday prayers in full swing behind him. were going to continue to monitor the situation in jordan and see what happens there after the prayers are over. lets take a look at what newspapers around the world are saying about all the developments in the arab world. ta united arab emirates. its headline, "syrian crisis will impact region." the paper says "syria is a key player. its distraction by internal problems reshuffles the cards and adds to the general sens...

In libya, disapproving rumors that he was killed in an allied air strike. youngest son of leader moammar gadhafi hands the notorious 32nd brigade, known for its brutality. >> this is one of gadhafis most loyal units and are also one of the most active in terms of attacking innocent people. >> reporter: and heres another title hes held, intern in the u.s. for a month he interned with an american engineering and construction firm called icom. the l.a.-based company had deep business dealings in li...

Because of that, they are very disappointed. now, many of them said they didnt expect it would live up to their expected certainly, but they didnt think it would be this much of a disappointment. wolf? >> obviously it doesnt look like he learned from the experience of president hosni mubarak. at least that was my initial reaction and expectations would be at least he would lift the state of emergency thats been in business, as you say, since 1963. everyone thought he would do that. he didnt do t...

Sbel firsthand, and we are in contact with some opposition entities t source saying. so once again the breaking news, just to reiterate, it is now clear that the united states is directly assisting the libyan rebels in their battle against moammar gadhafis forces. the extent of that assistance remains unclear. but the u.s. clearly taking sides in the civil war. this will irritate some nato allies. the u.n. security council resolution in 1973 as well as nato allies together with the arab league h...

And he paid a visit to the port of houston. and he went to these places just weeks, in some cases, days before leading deadly attacks on the libyan opposition. when the fighting broke out in mid-fek, he cut short his internship and flew back to libya to oversee the 30-second brigade. the port of houston issued a statement saying he toured several port authorities and acknowledged it was part of the future deals with libya. he wont comment on his meetings there. but gadhafi also visited the air f...