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Brega and ajdabiya today. we are heard that gadhafi troops are on the defensive there. we want to go to ajdabiya with international correspondent ben wedeman is there. i know you were in brega today, and did you see the rebels surrounding the city, and who would you say appears to be in control there? >> well, it appears they are still in brega, the gadhafi forces in control. we were to the north of there, and of course, we came under fire three times, three separate times by artillery and some heavy machine gun fire. and what we are told however by rebel commanders is that they basicallyave t...

After violence during the march is seen here over the weekend, today's demonstrations in eastern cities appear to be relatively peaceful. angry protesters killed more than 20 people, including several u.n. staffers earlier. florida preacher stoked the outrage when he recently burned a koran. u.s. officials say the act puts american troops in afghanistan at greater risk. libyan rebels moved on the oil town of brega today. government troops stood their ground and forced them back. still, opposition fighters tell cnn's ben wedeman they've got the city surrounded now on three sides. the liby...

And i saw them also preparing to move back in the direction of brega to try to retake that town. but there's absolutely no guaranty that they're going to make any progress whatsoever. and this is fairly surprising given that before the real impediment for their advances was the libyan air force. the libyan air force is now gone. there's a no-fly zone. there are nato air strikes. there's several in the area of brega today. but that doesn't seem to be able to provide that critical breaking point they need to move forward. they're still plagued by this chaotic system. they don't have any command ...

Guaranty that they're going to make any progress whatsoever. and this is fairly surprising given that before the real impediment for their advances was the libyan air force. the libyan air force is now gone. there's a no-fly zone. there are nato air strikes. there's several in the area of brega today. but that doesn't seem to be able to provide that critical breaking point they need to move forward. they're still plagued by this chaotic system. they don't have any command and control. they don't even have communications because the cell phone system in this area has gone down. so it is chaos. ...

Rebels. there was plenty of spent artillery boxes and cases at the side of the road, but plenty of damage and destroyed what looked like rebel forces military equipment at the side of the road. government here has been playing on state television pictures from brega today. this is the very sort of large and important town because it's got so many of the country's gas and oil pipelines running into it. and the government now says it has control of that town. and that will be important for the government because really there's only one oil and gas pipeline they would really want to take control ...