Page 11 - Qaddafi Forces News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

We know about qaddafi's compound and another air base. we've heard about airstrikes on artillery positions, tanks, and helicopters. martha, there are also ships patrolling the mediterranean that are stopping mercinaries and arms from being delivered to resupply qaddafi's army. martha: sounds like progress to be sure. what about in the eastern part of libya, tripoli and areas beyond? >> reporter: well, rebels tell us that in ajdabiya, for example, they've pushed the army back to the other side of ajdabiya and are in the process of retaking that important, strategic city.

Rains that hover over our heads. i'm standing over here, to fight. to fight them. i am here. i'm here. i'm here. martha: there he is. and there you have it. rick leventhal joining us now with live coverage of all of this, streaming today from benghazi. good morning, rick. >> reporter: good morning, martha. and both sides are talking tough. a rebel spokesman -- or spokesperson for the new transitional government told me, quote, we have the resolve, the motto is we win or die and he says they will not surrender to qaddafi. clearly the battles are continuing, in the west, misurata, the civilian p...

Jenna: brand new air strikes in libya, this time in and around the rebel-held city of misurata, this city under seige by qaddafi forces now for days. the overall goal of the mission? to stop the libyan dictator from cracking down on civilians, from attacking his own people, and to support the rebels pushing for democratic change. but who exactly are the libyan rebels? here now, phillip mudd, a former cia counterterrorism analyst and fbi intelligence adviser. so phillip, who are the rebels? >> i think when we look at libya in the past, when i was at the cia, we worried about people like the isl...

>> there are a whole range of policies that we are putting in place that has created one of the most powerful international connectic consensus around qaddafi but when it comes to military action, we're doing so in support of u.n. security resolution 1973 that specifically talks about humanitarian efforts. >> so we're doing it for humanitarian efforts? so are we going to go into bahrain next. that's a big, fat problem there. they need help. >> here's the other challenge. we can't even support the rebels. so if you see the rebels fighting and getting annihilated and clearly think to yourself, o...

Fired on by qaddafi forces and there were reported four rebel fighters killed in that probe. they then retreated. today, we understand there was fresh artillery and shelling coming to the north towards those rebel fighter positions. not aware of any of them were wounded or killed but again, the fight does continue in that strategic town that is about 100 miles south of bengazi. >> live in that town with the very latest. >> how's that? >> that sounds good. >> much better. >> we were just talking to the judge about why didn't the president go to congress and ask for authorization. now, think abo...