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Would move in and use violence. the big trouble with that is that the deputy foreign minister always seems to make a differentiation between the rebels, as he calls them, and the people of misurata. but clearly, many of the folks i met in misurata said that it is all the people who are doing this uprising. so therefore, they say, as you said, that this is clearly a fact that moammar gadhafi s army has lost the battle inside central misurata. they ve been forced to withdraw from that area and are trying to make that retreat look as though it s a responsible withdrawal. reza, what do you make of libyan forces pulling out of misurata, if in fact they do this. it obviously remains to be seen whether or not they re going to do it. reporter: we can tell you the reaction of the rebel leaders. they actually laughed at this. they re extremely skeptical at this news, they re skeptical that it s true. they suspect it could be yet another ploy by the gadhafi regime and trap them in some sort o ....
All the people who are doing this uprising. so therefore, they say, as you said, that this is clearly a fact that moammar gadhafi s army has lost the battle inside central misurata. they ve been forced to withdraw from that area and are trying to make that retreat look as though it s a responsible withdrawal. reza, what do you make of libyan forces pulling out of misurata, if in fact they do this, it remains to be seen whether or not they re going to do it? reporter: we can tell you the reaction of the rebel leaders. they actually laughed at this. they re extremely skeptical at this news, they re skeptical that it s true. they suspect it could be yet another ploy by the gadhafi regime and trap them in some sort of way. they do believe they re making significant progress in misurata. capturing, securing, holding on to key spots. but as far as the regime forces pulling out and handing over the ....
Told them they weren t making headway, and the tribes that are loyal to moammar gadhafi would have to take over, they would hold negotiations with the rebels and if the rebelling didn t respond, they would move in and use violence. the big trouble with that is that the deputy foreign minister always seems to make a differentiation between the rebels, as he calls them, and the people of misurata. but clearly, many of the folks i met in misurata said that it is all the people who are doing this uprising. so therefore, they say, as you said, that this is clearly a fact that moammar gadhafi s army has lost the battle inside central misurata. they ve been forced to withdraw from that area and are trying to make that retreat look as though it s a responsible withdrawal. reza, what do you make of libyan forces pulling out of misurata, if in fact they do this, it remains to be seen whether or not they re going to do it? reporter: we can tell you the reaction of the rebel leaders. ....
Army is withdrawing and the tribes are taking over. essentially what the deputy libyan foreign minister told me sa that he said the tribes have approach the libyan military and told them they weren t making headway, and the tribes that are loyal to moammar gadhafi would have to take over, they would hold negotiations with the rebels and if the rebelling didn t respond, they would move in and use violence. the big trouble with that is that the deputy foreign minister always seems to make a differentiation between the rebels, as he calls them, and the people of misurata. but clearly, many of the folks i met in misurata said that it is all the people who are doing this uprising. so therefore, they say, as you said, that this is clearly a fact that moammar gadhafi s army has lost the battle inside central misurata. they ve been forced to withdraw from that area and are trying to make that retreat look as though it s a responsible withdrawal. reza, what do you make of libyan forces pullin ....