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Bombs haven t stopped the ground fighting. this is a key question, what to do about what s happening in the ground. the rebels were under heavy fire yesterday about 100 miles to the south of benghazi. as you re about to see, our own chief foreign correspondent richard engel is with them and got about as close as you d ever want to. reporter: the road outside benghazi is a grave yard of gadhafi s armored vehicles destroyed by western air strikes. after an hour and a half driving south flanked by desert,there are no trenches or sandbags, just men poorly armed who want to fight. the front line is five miles outside of this town. smoke can be seen rising in the distance. gadhafi still has tanks and artillery in the town. the rebels watch with binoculars but can t advance. outgunned, the rebels say they re killed whenever they approach gadhafi s forces. ....
Libya. reporter: the road outside benghazi today is a graveyard of gadhafi s armored vehicles, destroyed by western air strikes. after an hour and a half driving south flanked by desert, we reached the rebels front line. there are no trenches or sandbags, just men poorly armed that want to fight. the frontline is about five miles outside the town of ajdabiya. rebels watch with binoculars, but can t advance. outgunned, rebels say they are killed whenever they approach gadhafi s forces. we have light weapons, he has tanks, complained one man. another rebel showed me he isn t actually armed at all. it is a toy gun. reporter: this is amazing, he handed me a toy gun, i didn t realize until he put it in my hand, it is plastic, it is a toy. ....
Frontlines in the battle for libya. reporter: the road outside benghazi today is a graveyard of gadhafi s armored vehicles, destroyed by western air strikes. after an hour and a half driving south flanked by desert, we reached the rebels front line. there are no trenches or sandbags, just men poorly armed that want to fight. the front line is about five miles outside the town of ajdabi ajdabiya. rebels watch with binoculars, but can t advance. outgunned, rebels say they are killed whenever they approach gadhafi s forces. we have light weapons, he has tanks, complained one man. another rebel showed me he isn t actually armed at all. it is a toy gun. reporter: this is amazing, he handed me a toy gun, i didn t ....
Victory that wasn t theirs, but may have saved their lives. these government armored vehicles and artillery were heading into benghazi when they were attacked by western air strikes. if this much firepower reached the city, gadhafi would almost certainly have retaken benghazi. they attacked benghazi people and destroyed completely. worry renewed confidence, they are on the offensive again. on a highway, we saw rebels heading to the frontline. they kissed their flag and showed us weapons from the smashed army units, including ammunition and rocket launchers. we have decided we will either die or live in dignity, he said. ....
May have saved their lives. these government armored vehicles and artillery were heading into benghazi when they were attacked by western air strikes. if this much firepower reached the city, gadhafi would almost certainly have retaken benghazi. they attacked benghazi people and destroyed completely. worry renewed confidence, they are on the offensive again. on a highway, we saw rebels heading to the frontline. they siszed their flag and showed us weapons from the smashed army units, including ammunition and rocket launchers. we have decided we will either die or live in dignity, he said. there is a lot of bravado here. they fired guns in the air and they don t even know who their commanders and barely know how to load the weapons ....