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Them, they came under fire. so things heating up in sirte, again, the first resistance this opposition force has seen in the past three days, brooke. >> we know the rebels took a few key oil cities. what are rebels finding when they get to a certain city? are gadhafi's forces pulling out back, and if so, is it because the militia is weak or perhaps preparing for a larger battle ahead? >> reporter: well, they say they're finding tank units, some of them damaged by air strike, some of them still intact, which is an indication that the gadhafi forces ran away. but what's interesting is, for the p...

And loyalists using subterfuge trickery to fight off the opposition forces. one rebel fighter telling us that gadhafi forces have armed civilians with weapons, civilians shooting at rebel fighters. another rebel fighter telling us he was approaching gadhafi forces who were waving a white flag, the universal signal for surrender and as they were approaching them they came under fire, he says. thee accounts we can't independently verify, but we've heard these types of stories over and over again, an indication of some of the challenges these opposition forces face. at this point rebel forces say...

>> reporter: well, it looks like it's the first battle in about three days. the opposition forces over the past 72 hours have been making it look relatively easy, rolling toward the west. this is the first time they're seeing resistance, little bit of fighting. that's probably because sirte is the hometown, the birthplace of colonel gadhafi. he has a lot of supporters, not clear how many have remained in this location. his tribe is based out of this place. rebel fighters telling cnn they're seeing some resistance, telling us that gadhafi loyalists using sha containry, trickery. one rebel fight...

For sure? >> reporter: yeah. it's a little more than 100 miles east of tripoli. it's about 225 miles east of tripoli, if they get sirte. if rebel fighters get sirte, the next stop would be misrata which is just about 100 miles east of tripoli. that would be the logical staging ground for what would be the final attempt to go into tripoli which is the ultimate destination for these rebel forces so it's too early to talk about tripoli. i think it's a long way off, but two more stops in this progression west. it's sirte, gadhafi's hometown, misrata and then the ultimate target which is tripoli, b...

>> reporter: well, i think like much of the world, they are anxious to see if this changes the complexion of this operation with nato taking the lead. there are some member states in nato, namely turkey, who is probably not as enthusiastic about these aggressive air strikes as other countries so they are waiting to see once nato takes full control of the military operation what this means. openly, even today at a news conference, they said they want these air strikes to continue. when you look at these tank units, the gadhafi tank units, it's not the rebel forces' weapons that are destroying t...