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Thanks. libyan cities fall into opposition hands, moammar dah gadhafi is claiming al qaeda is behind the protests. what role has al qaeda played, if any, in the uprisings across the middle east? if we're talking al qaeda we are talking about peter bergen. welcome, peter. >> carol, good morning. >> peter, a lot of people who say, in fact, al qaeda may have wanted to play a bigger role here, but they have been shut out. why? >> al zawahiri number two in al qaeda released tapes to position himself and al qaeda generally in the event of what is going on in the middle east. i think everybody unde...

Part. they're going at it like a kind of mini stalingrad. overnight, there are reports that a number of anti-aircraft artillery and tanks on the gadhafi side fired and launched some troops, unknown how many, to try to retake that town for a second time. they were repulsed. they were pushed back. this morning, it's still in opposition hands. the people of tripoli are feeling more and more fearful. some in a total state of denial. maybe all they see is the libyan state tv with a lot of supporters waving green flags. but many we talked to say this isn't a problem. it's not an uprising. we'll get ...

Capital are reportedly in opposition hands. rebels claim that they hold benghazi, mizurata, and now azuia west of tripoli. the second, third, and third largest cities and a smaller town. in zawiya, 17 are dead after fierce clashes. pro-regime forces fired into the crowds carrying a body wrapped in white sheets. this is video from youtube. cnn can't confirm the authenticity, but the person who posted it said "these are pictures that were shot in zawiya." field doctors tell us they're worried the death toll will go up. they say around 150 people were injured. in tripoli, eyewitnesses are telli...

Nec to a major oil facility where the workers tell us they're very worried about an air raid or sabotaged attacks on the place where they not only produce gasoline, there's a lot of oil exported from there. also they produce natural gas that fuels the power plants that make this possible. jessica? >> speaking to the oil refineries, clearly who controls the refineries is central to who controls the country. so who is in control of the oil production of libya? >> well, we understand more than 50 pk of the oil production in libya is currently in opposition hands. the facility we went to is in opp...

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