tell bus these air strikes and the damage that was caused. >> reporter: we have not yet been allowed to visit the kpoun itself. we're not that far from it. we were woken at about 3:30 this morning by four explosions. we're later told by the libyan authorities this was a rocket strike. on the compound. the fourth they say since the hostility since the air strikes began. we were taken to a hospital where we were shown two dead bodies, one of which had been charred that the libyan authorities said were hit by a direct strike. what's been happening every evening is we've been seeing images on libyan tv of pro-gadhafi supporters gathering at the compound, prepared they say to act as human shields for their leader against these nato air strikes. there's been fevered speculation, not only here but