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Talking to expressing irritation towards any of those outside voices. women here are criticizing this international intervention. although the city of benghazi is relatively calm, peaceful for now, there is the realization that this struggle is far from over as this woman's sign says, we just want freedom. stop killing our kids in zawiyah and misrata. people want this taken to the very end until all areas of liber libya they say are safe and gadhafi is gone from power. arwa damon, cnn, libya. gadhafi says not going anywhere so let's get some inside that makes gadhafi ticks. one of gadhafi's ...

Piloted and libyan rebels found the second crewmember and they took care of him until coalition forces could get him out. coalition air attacks have stopped pro-gadhafi forces from entering benghazi but residents have not forgotten other libyans still under attack. arwa damon reports. >> reporter: the protesters vowing with their blood and their souls they will continue to fight for their nation. also, we're calling the names of circumstanc circumstances inton and massacres by gadhafi forces and carrying a french flag to show their gratitude. they say to the french fighter jets and other nat...

Joining us. >> thank you. we go to diana magni and she is on board the "uss kearsarge," and where the fighter jet had mechanical problems and went down and two crewmembers rescued inside libya. one of the crewmembers is inside that ship. diana, what can you tell us? is. >> carol, hi. a rescue mission to go and rescue one of those pilots was conducted from the "kearsarge" last night. two osprey tilt rotor aircraft left here to pick him up. he is now, apparently, being looked after by the facility and extensive medically facilities on board this. these carrier jets behind me have been launchin...

Landed in another area. residents that we've been speaking to saying that they only made contact with one pilot. they say they brought him food, they brought him water, did whatever they could even though the language barrier was there to express their gratitude. people here in eastern libya firmly believe that had it not been for foreign intervention, gadhafi would have eventually massacred all of them. >> we're certainly thankful for their help. what an amazing story. tell us about the fighting on the ground. i know it continues on a new front. >> yeah, it does, carol. there's still fighting...

Ally that didn't want to be critical, but less than praising the president here. think tanks, people are grumbling. we have a terrific military correspondent dave wood that did a piece on our site explaining that eastern libya, the area around benghazi, is one of the most fertile and has been one of the most fertile breeding grounds for al qaeda. who are we defeating, who are we opposing and why. it is unclear on the ground and it is unclear to the american people. in the early polls, they are giving the president the benefit of the doubt. they like the idea of a no-fly zone, because they don'...