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That's significant, not because of the land they've taken and forced gadhafi's troops off of, but that's where a lot of the ground launchers and the tents are located, that are hurling high explosives and artillery shells into misurata, randomly into civilian areas. so that's what the rebels are trying to do is get them out of there, as well as gadhafi's forces. and we've got the first quiet night we've had in a while. >> has nato been helpful? has nato been continuing to patrol the skies and bomb the gadhafi positions around misurata? >> reporter: until the last two days, everyone in misurata...

To push gadhafi forces back from there. misurata has been under siege for two months, surrounded on three sides. marie colvin is in misurata. i talked to her earlier. marie, we've heard that the opposition forces in misurata have taken the airport and are holding on to it. how significant is that? >> reporter: it's huge, anderson. the last two days have seen a real breakthrough in what has been a real stalemate. the airport -- we're besieged here on three sides. it's a huge area. they took the whole thing today. that's significant, not because of the land they've taken and forced gadhafi's tro...

Sides. scenes of some of the fiercest fighting. marie colvin is in misurata. i talked to her earlier. marie, we've heard that the opposition forces in misurata have taken the airport and are holding on to it. how significant is that? >> reporter: it's huge, anderson. the last two days have seen a real breakthrough in what has been a real stalemate. the airport is -- we're besieged here as you know on three sides. the airport is south. it's a huge area. they took the whole thing today. that's significant, not because of the land they've taken and forced gadhafi's troops off of, but that's where...

Marie colvin is in misurata. i talked to her earlier. marie, we've heard that the opposition forces in misurata have taken the airport and are holding on to it. how significant is that? >> reporter: it's huge, anderson. the last two days have seen a real breakthrough in what has been a real stalemate. the airport -- we're besieged here on three sides. the rarpt is south. it's a huge area. they took the whole thing today. that's significant, not because of the land they've taken and forced gadhafi's troops off of, but that's where a lot of the ground launchers and the tents are located, that ar...