we ve been hearing the explosions taking place on the other side of ras lanouf. they are trading artillery with gadhafi s military. this is a blow to the opposition that has been forced back from its positions in ben jawad, 40 miles to the west of here. they came under heavy sustained artillery, tank and rocket fire, as well as snipers inside that town firing on them. they were unable to sustain that, stand up against it. we saw them beating a hastety retreat from ben jawad coming here to ras lanouf. that barrage of artillery following them most of the way. they are trying to keep their grip on this very, very critical area. they re chanting down, down gadhafi. they are trying to keep their morale up. it s been fairly easy going for the opposition thanks to the air strikes and the majority of the areas they cleared as they were moving west were supportive of the operation. since they began entering those tribal areas, we ve seen an entirely different dynamic to this battlef
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