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This conflict when qaddafi and his son vowed rivers of blood would flow if the rebellion continued, if at that point it would have sent a very strong, very, very powerful psychological signal to the rebels. right now were in kind of the worst situation because on one hand our president has said qaddafi must go. his conduct is outrageous. he has no legitimacy. and on the other hand this country has done virtually nothing accept pass some sanctions which are long-term to make that outcome happen. ...

Neck. >> reporter: from the way things look on the ground, unless the rebels get some serious help and very quickly, it is very possible that qaddafis forces will beat the rebles. they already have in the village of ras lanouf. this is new video of qaddafi forces celebrating in the town of ras lanouf. they pound the rebels with artillery and they ran away without giving much of a fight. in all fairness the rebels dont have the command and control structure. they dont have the heavy weapons other...

Back their city. leland vittert joins us on the phone now. what is the latest, lee lan. >> reporter: it is fair to say we are now in the middle of a civil war. there is no question about that. you are looking at video of one of the main oil terminals going up today during a heavy barrage of artillery by qaddafi forces. we were on the air as it all went down. it appears right now as though they have been beaten back badly by qaddafi forces. we are hearing more power as it goes off. it seems we ha...

Seems to be stopped a little bit for the day because of the wind and weather. the ground front assault that weve been on the front lines of in just the past couple of hours seems to be going on. the good news for the rebels, they appear to have a couple of guys here who actually begin to know what they are doing, former libyan armor soldiers who have defected to the rebels and are leading the assault against qaddafi forces. still in the air qaddafis air force rules and it is scary on the ground....

Rebels and pro qaddafi forces taking place in four different cities as rebel forces press ahead for tripoli. muammar qaddafis strong hold. steve harrigan is streaming live from tripoli. steve? >> reporter: gregg, there were several hours of sustained firing here in the libyan capital tripoli firmly under government control, and officials later explained that that firing was celebratory and state controlled media reported overnight the government had retaken every city and the information later p...

Its qaddafis home city. that town is essential because it is the road to trip lee. >> they call what may happen today a pivotal battle. thats where you have to wonder if there is time for the u.s. to get involved. it is described as a massacre. civilians in their homes opening the doors and being mowed down by qaddafi forces. >> there are reports in that town this morning where they are driving down the streets with computers and monitoring the communications. if dave goes to a grocery store and...

End up having an explanation? >> things not calming down to libya. some are saying civil war lies ahead. it looks like both sides are entrenched neither side is backing down. in fact warplanes from the khaddafy regime were seen attacking civilians on saturday. some say dozens of civilians were killed in assaults overnight friday night. >> two of the rebel strong holds are being held in bengazi. anti government protestors have been setting up their own anti government functionality to do basic se...

Requiring regular medication. our 7 children, our two grandchildren and i await the day we will be reunited and we ask for your continued prayers and support and, bill, next wednesday, march 9th will mark four years to the day that robert levinson disappeared. bill: wow, it is interesting to follow. what a mystery it has become. thank you, peter. peter doocy live in washington. patti ann: new violence flaring up in lybias capitol, muammar qaddafi supporters clashing with anti-regime protesters, ...

Spearhead the opposition movement in eastern libya. qaddafi forces and the rebels continue to fight over the port city of brega. pivotal in tpharl ga natural ga. they hit a depot in one of the stra staoepblg i can cities. we heard from moammar gadhafi himself the third time he has publicly spoken at length since the conflict began and he said if the u.s. ornate tow gets involved in this quoting him now he says there will be a bloody war and thousands of going to die. again, jon he blamed the con...

>> they certainly do seem to pose something of a challenge, jon, but the battle for the future of libya seems to be something of a stalemate right now. obviously, the antiqaddafi forces control most of the eastern half of the country and they have taken control of a couple of cities in the west, but only a couple, and in both of those cities, it is really only the very center of both cities that they war, the town of zawir is critical to this battle, 30 miles west of the capitol, tripoli, and th...