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City. he's just left misrata, he's now at sea in the mediterranean and joins us live. what did you see? what is going on in misrata? >> reporter: hi, ali, yeah, it's a very difficult situation for the anti-gadhafi forces in misrata. they're encircled deep inside gadhafi-held the territory. you're talking about people with makeshift guns, up against a gadhafi army with tanks, artillery, heavy weapons. it's a strong, harsh battle going on there. let's listen in to what we saw. >> reporter: weeks of urban combat have taken their toll on misrata. badly damaged buildings, streets littered with wrec...

Looked more like a desert rally than a military campaign. rebels in cars speeding away, retreating. with tanks, artillery, and flanking maneuvers, gadhafi's troops easily drove the rebels back, far away from gadhafi's hometown of sirte. from a safe distance, the rebels fired back, but their weapons' range -- >> we need the air force to help us. that's what we need. without them we can't do anything. >> reporter: witnesses say gadhafi is also planting landmines in the desert, making any ground advance even more difficult. but the worst fighting appears to be in the west in misurata. deep inside...