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Proved sort of a gold mine for the anti-gadhafi forces. we were in ajdabiya as well where we saw a lot of the ammunition, a lot of the equipment, including anti-tank guns and surface to air missiles and anti-aircraft guns had been brought out of this ammunition dump and were being wiped -- the grease that is usually kept to keep those weapons from rusting was being washed off with gasoline and they were being used -- or rather prepared for the defense of the town in the event that the government forces actually reached there. so, yes, very much a day of intense air activity and bombings in thi...

Nobody was hurt and there was no damage. later in the afternoon we were outside of brega where a group of local residents and fighters in the anti-gadhafi opposition were celebrating the victory after they had managed to run those forces out of town. it was a large group of people and yet again one of these planes zoomed right over us, dropped a bomb just a stone's throw away. there were casualties, but we didn't stick around to look because everybody was afraid at the time that there would be another bomb coming. so there was sort of a mad rush and panic just to leave the area. don? >> so tel...

People. those fighters and the residents of the town who were celebrating the expulsion of those forces from brega when we heard yet again a jet overhead. dropped another bomb very close to us yet again, and in this case there were casualties, but because of the danger in the area we just jumped into our car and ran away. we did see men running with stretchers to the scene where the bomb had been dropped. >> and i know, you know, if there was any doubt within the international community, washington, d.c. that, you know, there were not bombs being dropped on libya, that perhaps gadhafi's air fo...

Reality to itself, john. >> nic robertson for us, and he is here part in the capital of tripoli. we'll keep in touch with nic in the hours and days ahead, nic, thanks. let's check in now with ben wedeman. we keep hearing conflicting reports, some confusion, including on this day if libyan jets were in the air and conducting bombing runs. what can you tells? >> reporter: i can tell you we were about an hour and a half drive from here when we were driving around in the desert and we heard a plane overhead. and it's very unusual to hear any planes in this area. and shortly afterwards, we heard a ...

Just constantly blowing up and throwing sparks into the air. the people in the area told us we have to be careful because there is mustard gas in that ammunition dump. but clearly there wasn't. the regime itself is encouraging a certain level of panic to keep the population on edge. to scare, basically, the people of libya into thinking it is either armageddon or moammar gadhafi. and obviously between the two, you might choose moammar gadhafi. i think the rumors we need to take with more than a pinch of salt. >> thank you very much. the market is keeping a wary eye on libya. what will it mean ...