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They told us the barrage had begun in the morning and there were snipers in bin jawad shooting at them. they say they stood their ground for as long as they could, but after seven hours we saw them forced to turn around and retreat all the way to the outskirts of ras lanuf and then outside of ras lanuf, we saw and heard explosions, dark smoke rising. artillery fire. we saw the opposition fires trying to shoot back with artillery, rocket-propelled grenades, multibarreled rocket launchers. they were intent on standing their ground, but it seems as if they're beginning to lose that area, as well....

Opposition fires in libya are trying to regain momentum. moammar gadhafi's forces beat back the forces where they had been gaining ground. our correspondent nic robertson is joining us from tripoli. i understand you came back from touring a hospital there. what do you see? >> reporter: we were taken to see a lady there. a pregnant lady. 44 years old. to have one of her lower bones in her leg broken in what we were told was schrapnel. what she described was a coalition strike that hit an ammunition dump. that is what we know from journalists who were there yesterday. when the the ammunition dum...

Capturing the libyan leader whose stranglehold on power has now ended after 42 years. nato now reportedly giving opposition intelligence and reconnaissance help in tracking him down. as the opposition fires guns and rockets into the air in celebration, no clear leader has emerged over tripoli. with no parliament, military commander or political party, senior u.s. officials tell nbc news there are serious concerns, as you might expect, over a leadership vacuum in the capital. according to the associated press, the united states is now asking the u.n. to release the $1.5 billion it has held in f...

Heard explosions, dark smoke rising. artillery fire. we saw the opposition fires trying to shoot back with artillery, rocket-propelled grenades, multibarreled rocket launchers. they were intent on standing their ground, but it seems as if they're beginning to lose that area, as well. what has changed is that they have not come across just gadhafi's military at this point, but it appears as if it is regrouping and standing up against the opposition. but also up against residents in bin jawad and other areas, people telling us that gadhafi loyalists armed by gadhafi himself, they say are also be...