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Bit. i want to talk about the country you are in right now. last night we know nato air strikes hit the gadhafi compound again in tripoli. obviously, they are trying to ramp up the air strikes. is it having any effect? >> reporter: well work its tough to tell. they said there were about six people killed, ten others injured according to syrian state tv in those bombings last night. they have also increase sold of their bombings around misrata as well. according to the rebel, they say they have t...

Rebels and that is about it. gadhafis forces surround it and they have been able to shell very effectively from the outskirts of the city. what the rebels were claiming victory over the weekend was that they had managed to push gadhafis snipers out of a main building in the center of misrata and push his ground troop s out of the downtown are. it is unclear if his forces were driven out or pulled out so they could more effectively shell the center of misrata without firing on their own troops. >...

Theyre the only power that hes really concerned with. >> gregg: does nato need to step up attacks? >> at this point i would say no because if nato -- the more they start attacking, given the uncertainty on the ground, the more youre going to see incidents where we bomb rebel forces because its such a cluster down there that its difficult to figure out who is who and when you start slinging around high explosive net weapons, you know, bad things happen. >> gregg: wait a minute. if americans are p...

Fighters began firing shots up in the air, according to the rebels here, they say that the nato aircrafts mistakenned the shots and thought they were gadhafi troops firing at the jets and that the nato troops fired back. surprisingly, though, the rebel fighters here on the ground were not particularly angry at nato. they seemed to understand there was a lot of confusion on the ground and still really do, according to what they told us today, appreciate nato and the u.s.s efforts to push gadhafis...

>> thank you. >> gregg: fox news alert. rebel forces in libya say 13 of their own fighters have been killed by friendly fire. they apparently got caught up in a nato air strike against their common enemy, missouri, and his forces. the attack happened as the rebels were getting ready to storm a key oil city. hunter powell is streaming live from ajdabiayh, libya. conner? >> gregg, nato continues to enforce this no-fly zone. we just heard jets flying above a few minutes ago. but it isnt becoming in...

Everybody that, you know, their forces are going to stop. >> if you look at events on the ground, gregg, its trend not guilty colonel gadhafis favor right now. you have a very disorganized rebel army. in fact, organization, its a non-- youve got a struggle of what is trying to become an organization, former general who returned after living in northern virginia for 20 years. hes back there and then there is a general yonus who was a recent general in the libyan army and theyre vying for control ...

Only fly support missions, things like aerial refueling and satellite and intelligence gathering missions here. no longer will u.s. combat jets take part in bombing here, enforcing the no-fly zone. that will be a big change. were not sure how it will impact the battlefield here, but its something well be watching over the next 24, 48 hours to see if it has much impact or if theyll be able to carry the heavy loads in enforcing the no-fly zone. gregg? >> gregg: that american decision may prompt ga...

Expression. on the front lines, rebels are moving to push gadhafis forces back, but his troops are amping up their ferocious attacks in various cities along the coast. in classified briefings, the cia told congress gadhafis troops are killing people in towns where the media arent present. now there are growing signs his inner circle is cracking under international pressure. just a day after his foreign minister defected were learning that another of gadhafis men has done the very same thing, t...

In march. thats better than what economist were expecting. the unemployment rate edged down to 8.8% as well. the lowest since march of 2009. in libya, opposition leaders gathered in the rebel stronghold of benghazi. they extended the offer of a cease fire with moammar gadhafis forces only under certain conditions that include pulling his forces outs and giving libyans freedom of expression. on the front lines, rebels are moving to push gadhafis forces back but the troops are turning up the att...

But then he started pushing back. and one by one, his forces came in and started taking back the area that the opposition had held pushing right up on to benghazi, their strong hold. and it looked like then they might collapse. thats when the international community came in. so far there have been more than 1600 missions flown against gadhafis troops. almost 1,000 of those by the united states, the coalition a little over 600 of those pounding gadhafis air forces and his defense forces in terms ...