impact. to advance from the east moving westwards. gadhafi s forces have been seen reported pulling out of sirte which is credited with being his stronghold. sort of halfway between where the rebels began in benghazi and the capital near tripoli so the rebels have made significant advances. the government here says that the coalition is wounding and killing civilian, have shown us no evidence of that but they re saying that the coalition is essentially becoming the air wing of the rebels and clearing the path for them. they say it shows a clear conspiracy from the international community to come into libya to try to steal and take advantage of its oil here. but it does seem to be having an impact. not only that psychological impact but a real impact on the army here, the army s appears to be retreating significantly across the country and in the capital here we re seeing long lines at gas stations half a mile long for people to get fuel. don, john. nic robertson live for us in tripol
gadhafi s forces have been seen reported pulling out of sirte which is credited with being his stronghold. sort of halfway between where the rebels began in benghazi and the capital near tripoli so the rebels have made significant advances. the government here says that the coalition is wounding and killing civilian, have shown us no evidence of that but they re saying that the coalition is essentially becoming the air wing of the rebels and clearing the path for them. they say it shows a clear conspiracy from the international community to come into libya to try to steal and take advantage of its oil here. but it does seem to be having an impact. not only that psychological impact but a real impact on the army here, the army s appears to be retreating significantly across the country and in the capital here we re seeing long lines at gas stations half a mile long for people to get fuel.
television is pictures of wounded soldiers in hospitals. bodies of perhaps 12 more soldiers. they were being visited by army officers inspecting them. the soldiers themselves were themselves saying that they would be victorious and they would still still is porting moammar gadhafi even though they were injured and state television right now, we understand, is running pictures that appear to be live pictures of funerals for people killed in the killed in the attacks so far. these the government is saying are civilians, women and children, the government is saying have been killed attacks on hospitals and stores. they have shown us no evidence of that. as i say, the only evidence they have shown is the wounded soldiers in the hospital. cnn s nic robertson in tripoli. thanks, nic. joining me now here in washington, admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of
cyclists. earlier this year the feds closed earlier allegations and brought no criminal charges. lance armstrong called the new allegations a witch hunt on twitter and released a statement saying i never doped and unlike many of my accusers i have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance. passed more than 500 tests and never failed one. that part we can confirm. trace gallagher with the news. aside from it witnesses what other o evidence does this agency have? well, the antidoping agency says it collected blood samples from lance armstrong, shep in 2009 and 2010 and the samples are fully consistent with blood ma nip lakes. what they are alleging is that armstrong injected hormones into his blood to increase his red blood cell count which allows the blood to carry more oxygen and if you are an endurance athlete that is a huge advantage. like you said, this cannot land