outright confusion. these are live pictures near moammar gadhafi s compound. there have been heavy battles raging around this building. carloads of people have been streaming out of the libyan capital. we want to bring in retired general james spider marks. if you could, tell us about what you are watching, what you are seeing. what do you make of the pictures? with the low level flying that is taking place, bombing gadhafi s compound? suzanne, what you see is obviously a representation of chaos and confusion on the ground. the fact that civilians are fleeing, coming out of tripoli should not be surprising. the rebels are about to force gadhafi s complete departure in some way. that may take hours, that may take days. we still could be a week or so away. but that type of confusion, of what happens next gets folks very, very nervous. they ve got the opportunity now to get out of town, and you re going to see them get out of town and let this thing settle out. i think you l
hospitals are running short of medicine. yes, we managed to get two shipments so far of medical badly needed medical supplies to the hospitals. obviously we still need more supplies in dealing with the day-to-day casualties. what is your greatest hope at this point? is that opposition force also be able to come from the east and help or do you hope to somehow, with coalition air support, be able to actually take back the city of misurata fully? well, absolutely our greatest hope will rely on the support of the international coalition forces in the form of change of tactics from the air to target tanks and heavy artillery and also take out groups of sniper positions on buildings and in the city, eliminate the kind of
shipments so far of medical badly needed medical supplies to the hospitals. obviously we still need more supplies in dealing with the day-to-day casualties. what is your greatest hope at this point? is it that opposition forces will be able to come from the east and help or do you hope to somehow, with coalition air support, be able to actually take back the city of misurata fully? well, absolutely our greatest hope will rely on the support of the international coalition forces in the form of change of tactics from the air to target tanks and heavy artillery and also take out groups of sniper positions on buildings and in the city, eliminate the kind of threat that has been around against the civilians of misurata for quite some time now. i appreciate your time.
supplies to hospitals? in the past, we ve talked to doctors who said that the hospitals are running short of medicine. yes, we managed to get two shipments so far of medical badly needed medical supplies to the hospitals. obviously we still need more supplies in dealing with the day-to-day casualties. what is your greatest hope at this point? is it that opposition forces will be able to come from the east and help or do you hope to somehow, with coalition air support, be able to actually take back the city of misurata fully? well, absolutely our greatest hope will rely on the support of the international coalition forces in the form of change of tactics from the air to target tanks and heavy artillery and also take out groups of sniper
badly needed medical supplies to the hospitals. obviously we still need more supplies in dealing with the day-to-day casualties. what is your greatest hope at this point? is that opposition force also be able to come from the east and help or do you hope to somehow, with coalition air support, be able to actually take back the city of misurata fully? well, absolutely our greatest hope will rely on the support of the international coalition forces in the form of change of tactics from the air to target tanks and heavy artillery and also take out groups of sniper positions on buildings and in the city, eliminate the kind of threat that has been around against the civilians of misurata for quite some time now. i appreciate your time.