to. but protesters don't want to negotiate with gadhafi, they want him to step down. and until he does, the fighting continues. the battle for ajdabiyah, the second in a month, lasted two days. the town was crushed by gadhafi's artillery while rebels responded with whatever they could. these fighters struggled to position makeshift rockets, even dropping the launcher before they fired. there were new claims that the government was relying on foreigners. this man is algerian, he says, we killed him. but at a critical moment, when it seemed the rebels would be outgunned, nato made a direct hit. for the last week, the rebels have been complaining that nato hasn't been doing enough to help them this is evidence of an air strike today that did>ç criticism turned to praise. by the end of the day, there was no sign of gadhafi's forces. the residents here fled days ago, their city is now in ruins.