heavy weaponry in downtown misrata. wolf. a lot of our viewers remember when you went in yourself to misrata on that aid mission to see what was going on, you had that dramatic report. what are you hearing right now about nato air strikes, especially over the past few weeks, that the u.s. is no longer taking the lead in attacking certain gadhafi positions? reporter: well, there s been a lot of criticism of nato and it doesn t just come from the rebels in benghazi who are not happy with what they see as nato not living up to its promise and not conducting enough air strikes. now the french and british say that they feel they are having to shoulder too much of the burden to stop the forces from attacking civilians that they say. there was one statement from britain s foreign secretary. i want to you listen in to that because it s very telling.
a voice from misurata. let s check in now with cnn s nic robertson, who is in tripoli. arwa damon in benghazi. and chris lawrence in washington with the latest on new air strikes. nic, first, we ve been looking at what s happening in misurata. word of coalition air strikes against positions, gadhafi positions. what is the significance for gadhafi forces in trying to retake or control misurata? reporter: i think what gadhafi is trying to do is to make sure however far his pushback from the east, and he doesn t want to be pushed back any further than the next city after benghazi, in fact where rebels, opposition and government forces reported being engaged in fighting. he doesn t want any rebel control further west of there across the rest of the country, which is a pretty large swath of the rest of the country. so i get the impression he s trying to finish off the rebel opposition inside misurata before the coalition can
a voice from misurata. let s check in now with cnn s nic robertson, who is in tripoli. arwa damon in benghazi. and chris lawrence in washington with the latest on new air strikes. nic, first, we ve been looking at what s happening in misurata. word of coalition air strikes against positions, gadhafi positions. what is the significance for gadhafi forces in trying to retake or control misurata? reporter: i think what gadhafi is trying to do is to make sure however far his pushback from the east, and he doesn t want to be pushed back any further than the next city after benghazi, in fact where rebels, opposition and government forces reported being engaged in fighting. he doesn t want any rebel
nic, first, we ve been looking at what s happening in misurata. word of coalition air strikes against positions, gadhafi positions. what is the significance for gadhafi forces in trying to retake or control misurata? reporter: i think what gadhafi is trying to do is to make sure however far his pushback from the east, and he doesn t want to be pushed back any further than the next city after benghazi, in fact where rebels, opposition and government forces reported being engaged in fights. he doesn t want any rebel control further west of there across the rest of the country, which is a large swath of the rest of the country. so i get the impression he s trying to finish off the rebel opposition inside misurata before the coalition can position itself and defend the civilians of that city, as is called for in the u.n. resolution.
injured people are laying on the hospital floor, because there s no place for them. misurata needs any kind of help. if they can bring weapons, bring weapons. if they can strike, strike. if they can bring food to the people and the children, so bring food. so anyone can bring help, bring it to misurata because suffering in misurata is more than i thinken in oi city. nic, first, we ve been looking at what s happening in misurata. word of coalition air strikes against positions, gadhafi positions. what is the significance for gadhafi forces in trying to retake or control misurata? reporter: i think what gadhafi is trying to do is to