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Thousands of casualties, his legs crushed. this has been the front line in the battle for misrata. i had a machine gun, he says, i started shooting but there was a guy up above i didn t see. he shot me in the arm. the tallest build innings misrata are along tripoli street. whoever controls these buildings owns the highest points. obviously a crucial advantage in any battlefield. both sides fought ruthlessly to gain that advantage. early on, gadhafi s fighters owned the high-rises, regime snipers hit on the hi hid on r floors and picked off fight other down below. last week, the rebel forces made up of untrained and unshakable fighters finally took control of tripoli street. they fenced in gadhafi s forces, then squeezed them. ....
Spektive. you more satisfied with nato now? i think the campaign has picked up over the last week or so. they seem to be targeting those tanks and rocket launchers around misrata that have caused a lot of killing and a lot of loss of life. things are better but i think people are calling for the intensity of these attacks to be speeded up even more so that they can totally protect civilians and neutralize gadhafi s forces. the west and nato have been concerned about, though, from the rebel side, is that there s no military cohesion, necessarily. you have a couple of generals fighting each other for the top spot. that s a real problem, isn t it? no. there is in problem at the command center in benghazi. really? eunice is in overall charge. the reports from our correspondents on the ground is part of the problem with the rebels is that you haven t been able to be as cohesive. the main fighting is now in the west of libya, misrata, it is the western mountain. ....
Them access to the prisons, to the city of zawiya where there has been destruction and massacres and yesterday they dressed up tripoli, pulled out snipers and fighting men patrolling the street and forcibly brought out kids to demonstrate against the u.n. and against the air strikes. so gadhafi s still up to his tricks, hiding all his crimes and not willing to corroborate with the united nations and the reason is because this man totally lost it with his sons. they are war criminals and we are calling for them to leave power and leave libya as soon as possible. the libyan people don t want them. the libyan people want to be free. a libyan opposition member speaking here in london with me. thank you so much. thank you. monita? zain, surreal and sickening, that s how some residents describe the damage caused by the devastating storms in the united states. tornadoes have ripped across parts of the south, killing at least 76 people. we are shown some of the ....
Stream of the wounded. there is no break. reporter: many here were clearly not part of the fight but they re paying for it anyway. he paid a price, too, but he says his tears are not of regret. i would die for my country, he says we will not let gadhafi s fighters set foot here ever again. reza sayah, cnn, misrata, libya. we re joined by a libyan opposition member here in london. thank you so much for being with us. first, what s your reaction to reports that nato has killed about 12 rebels in misrata? well, it is unfortunate. it is regrettable but we have to remember that nato forces are there with the aim of protecting civilians, sometimes mistakes happen. and civilians get killed whereas gadhafi forces are there with the intention of killing as many civilians as possible. so far in the last two months they ve killed over 10,000. we have to keep things in per ....
The misrata fighters have given gadhafi a real beating over the last week. they ve kicked him out of the center of misrata. his forces are retreating, engulfing the city from the outside. they re cowardly shelling it constantly. the revolution fighters are making great gains, controlling and holding areas very well. gadhafi is on the retreat. he s running out fuel. he s running out of cash and now he s running out of fighting men as well. who s arming your side, who s arming the rebels? well, the interim international council have been calling to be allowed to buy arms. we have been getting some arms from arab countries like qatar? yes. it s no secret. the united nation for the first time sent a human rights delegation to tripoli to investigate the huge abuse of human rights. we ve been calling for this for weeks and weeks. the gadhafi regime did not allow ....