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Battles that are clearly already fought and the strength that gadhafi's forces still maintain there. they're trying to force the rebels out or force them into submission, at least, suzanne. >> nic, we understand center a witness who says the coalition troops are circling over head but not firing because they're concerned they're going to shoot or kill civilians. is that true from what you're seeing? >> again, difficult for us to say what's happening today, but we certainly know, listening to the u.s. forces commander almost a week ago talking about misr a misrata, carter ham, saying the diffic...

Much more on that later in the hour. now libya, though. the top commander of the u.s. military operation in libya says nato has agreed in principle to not only take over the no-fly zone, but also the broader mission of protecting civilians. he said it's all going to happen very soon. here's what general carter ham said today on "the situation room." >> we expect that nato will take over the no-fly zone this weekend, and then the next piece, the third and final piece, is the mission to protect civilians. nato, it's my understanding that nato has agreed to that in principle and will this weekend...

To answer the city. over the past 24 hours a lot of disturbing witness accounts of tactics. terrorized a sometime kill civilians. one witness said as he was exiting the city, he saw bodies in the streets. people werefraido recover these. another saying gadhafi soldiers and loyalists going house to house, going inside, taking young men and taking suspected fighters. these are the stories having the opposition call out for the international community to step up the efforts to come in with more help. >> you heard general carter ham say the u.s. and nato, the coalition is not going to arm the rebe...

A s shooting this morning i indi indiana. police say a former student shot and wounded another teenager in martinsville. according to wish-tv, the victim is in stable condition after being shot in the stomach twice. the alleged shooter is in and police have recovered a handgun from the scene. now, let's take a look at what's ahead in "the situation ro." wolf blitzer, are you there? >> i am. >> all ight. hear you have general carter ham, commander of u.s. africa command on the show today. >> he's a very smart guy. he's the four-star general, he's the head ofnt this entire u.s. militaib operat...

Increasing the possibility of a large-scale release of radiation. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." was be ebegin with bya. moammar gadhafi's forces are facing the powerful weapons of the nato alliance, like this air strike by britain. and yet, u.s. military officials concede today that the libyan regime is still determined to fight and reinforced its positions in the eastern cities fwh including ajdabiya. the occasion says gadhafi is trying to recruit and arm volunteers to fight rebel forces. the libyan strongman defiant as nato moves to take over command of the libyan mis...