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Ben wedeman with opposition forces. in tripoli nic robertson. and at the state department jill dougherty. nick, this is a confusing situation. the envoy sent by gadhafi to negotiate with the west is proposing that gadhafi s son saif take over for his father? reporter: that s it. this is sort of an old idea that s been out there for some time. saif gadhafi has been running this country, we re told, on a day-to-day basis for the last couple of years. this was a plan we were told was always in the works, for the father to move to one side, saif al gadhafi to take over. what we re being told is that the father won t go at the point of a gun, that if negotiations start out with the precondition for regime change and him leaving it s not going to happen. we re told if the negotiations start without that precondition then it will easily achieve his departure at the end of it. he needs to go with respect is what we re told. the regime views and believes it is still strong here, and that s wh ....
And so it does appear that they are beginning to organize themselves. and i think what we re also seeing is the effect of two weeks of the no-fly zone, of the nato airstrikes, although there really haven t been too many in the last 24 to 48 hours in this part of the country, but we re being told by opposition officers in the opposition army that the troops within the gadhafi troops within brega are beginning to run low on ammunition, they re cut off, and after all of that they are saying they re confident that they may take brega within the next 24 hours. but we shall see. yeah, we shall see. jill, it was reported today, and ben just kind of mentioned it, that nato may not have the military equipment to actually continue this kind of bombing campaign. are they looking now to keep or basically for an increase in the u.s. role? ....
That the troops within the gadhafi troops within brega are beginning to run low on ammunition, they re cut off, and after all of that they are saying they re confident that they may take brega within the next 24 hours. but we shall see. yeah, we shall see. jill, it was reported today, and ben just kind of mentioned it, that nato may not have the military equipment to actually continue this kind of bombing campaign. are they looking now to keep or basically for an increase in the u.s. role? because the u.s. said they were going to be out of it more or less in terms of the active bombing campaign. reporter: yeah, that s right, anderson. but the u.s. is the only country that actually has what they need ....
More breaking news out of libya tonight. rumor moammar gadhafi may be ready to hand over power to his son. in just a moment we ll talk to nic robertson who s been following this angle and has new information tonight. but first a new look at fighting on the ground. opposition fighters, gadhafi forces continue to fight for control of brega. an opposition officer says gadhafi s troops are on the defensive there, surrounded from three directions. with nato air strikes dwindling, one opposition spokesman says the u.n. resolution is not being implemented. he says fighters are wondering where are they? meanwhile, the gadhafi regime is floating a scenario for gadhafi s son, saif, to take over without it looking like his father s being forced out. joining us live from ajdabiya is ben wedeman with opposition forces. in tripoli nic robertson. and at the state department jill ....