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Natural gas installations but they are now in control of a third one binjawa. it s a very small town along that coastal road but it s very significant because the rebels were stopped in their tracks there a little over two weeks ago when they were pushing towards tripoli and that really was the turning point. from that point until just a week ago, it was all about gadhafi s air force, all about gadhafi s artillery and his volunteers were coming out of the woodwork to help push those rebels back. now, of course, it swung 180 degrees again. the rebels have actually moved 180 miles in 24 hours, alex. it truly is an extraordinary amount of mileage, but again it s an asphalted road. they have met absolutely no resistance. gadhafi s forces are just not there. a lot of the destroyed material is there lining that road ....
Republicans will go after him hard on it and i think voters will buy into that. gregg: charlie hurt, washington times coluni,st thank you. thanks gregg. jenna: well, that air tt upting in font of the fox news crew in ras lanuf, showing rebels with aircraft and gunships, a libyan rebel outgunned, struggling in the fight for control of their country. battles are breaking out in other hours asfor their way into tripoli, gadhafis seat of power. that s where we stream from today. it s been a major setback for rebels in the east, in the town of binjawa, those ....
Ras lanuf, another strategic oil town. a rebel said gadhafi s forces melted away thanks in part to the air strikes. libya s deputy foreign minister is slamming the air strikes, accusing the coalition of pushing the country to the brink of civil war. let s go to tripoli and jim maceda. jim, any indication where the rebels are headed next? reporter: they are definitely on a roll, alex. it s changing hour by hour. what you just mentioned in your lead is absolutely true. they have taken brega, they have taken ras lanuf. now they have taken aseder, the third major oil port in the area. and we just have heard that they have taken binjawa. that s about 320 or 330 miles to the east of us here. it s significant because that s where the rebels a month ago were stopped or i should say three weeks ago now, were stopped in their tracks by the ....
Pro gadhafi forces who had finally organized themselves, gotten their ground and air acts together. and then from binjawa started pushing quickly eastward, going all the way to the outskirts of benghazi. now we understand there are reports that there are a number of 4 by 4 trucks, those pickup trucks with groups [ inaudible ] shooting in the air with absolutely no resistance at all. what do they do next? rebel leaders say they re pumped with confidence. they re going to go all the way from here to tripoli. however, the reality of the situation is that they ll only go as far as the nato warplanes will allow them by taking out what [ inaudible ] positions. gadhafi s troops now probably regrouping inprobably the ....