rebels here in eastern libya say that was enough time for moammar gadhafi to regroup and rearm. today nato responded, increasing the number of air strikes from 130 to 200. but in libya's western town of misrata, nato commanders say gadhafi loyalists are using civilians as human shields, and they worry air attacks will kill innocent people. >> there's a limit, physical limit because we are not allowed boots on the ground, there is a limit to what we're able to do in that respect. >> reporter: nato's mandate from the u.n. is to protect civilian populations, but the rebels in eastern libya want more than protection. they want coordinated military assistance. without it they stand little chance against gadhafi's superior firepower. every day a group of ambulances line up just off the front line waiting to ferry the injured back to hospitals. do you think the rebels need more support than what they're getting? >> i think the rebels need more organization more than support. you know? they need weapons, i know that. but they need more organization. >> reporter: some things have improved

starker really involved in the civil war largely because of the vast amounts of oil that exist in eastern libya and i think the result will probably be pretty a very easy partition of libya with a sterile break which will lead to constant conflict and. not versed in the future what was the alternative to intervention the libyan people needed help. well the libyan people rose up in the east in part against gadhafi in part against his regime and there were protests in the various there were calls for restraint by the us and there was a un representative sent i regret that the u.n. didn't take a more serious approach why didn't you go for example to give some strength to the un's position on this and i think the reason was that all along on the french president of the french representatives at a year when we're determined to get involved it's going to have a no fly zone and determined to take over the eastern part of libya and indeed there's already been no oil exports from the eastern part of libya what we're seeing is the economic bonus already after only a month of conflict and we don't know wh

>> my personal opinion, that is not the preferred solution. >> reporter: in eastern libya, no solution means more fighting. shortly after the air strikes, gadhafi hit the gates, the furthest east his forces have been in ten days. panicked followed by a quick retreat. this is what they have been doing over and over again, instead of digging in and fighting back, they turn and run. in the center of town, the rebels fired back. guided rockets aimed at an enemy they couldn't even see. the general's senate testimony raised another alarming issue. there are an estimated 20,000 shoulder-fired rockets that are unaccounted for in libya. it's unclear if they're even in the country at all and they could pose a regional and international threat. ann? >> stephanie, thank you. there's news tonight about the young woman who you might recall burst into an aaa hotel last month, alleging to reporters she had been raped and beaten by gadhafi's soldiers. today, she had her first face-to-face interview with a western journalist, telling cnn she was brutally treated although it was attended by libyan author

in it we're involved in the civil war largely because of the vast amounts of oil that exist in eastern libya and i think the result will probably be a very easy partition of libya with a stalemate which will lead to constant conflict and cuts a number of features there has to be some political solution to this otherwise the carnage will continue the losses will continue and western interests will increasingly look with greedy eyes on these enormous oil reserves and the market opportunities of libya are going to see the libyan people bring about their solution without western interference. meanwhile susan lindauer who's a journalist and the antiwar activist says the us was planning your racial in the months before the on the rest of the country again. last summer we began to hear that qaddafi was pressuring the u.s. and british oil companies for compensation and reimbursement for the damages from sanctions in the one nine hundred ninety s. khadafi had been put under sanctions for the lockerbie bombing. the bombing of pan am one of three and the united nations had demanded that libya turn over

that we're involved in the civil war largely because of the vast amounts of oil that exist in eastern libya and i think the result would probably prefer a very on the e.c. partition of libya with a stalemate which will lead to constant conflict and costs not rest of the future gadhafi has been there a very long time and he's a great survivor but i think he recognizes the game is probably up and the mood music is coming from his representatives and from the opposition representatives is there looking for a way out both sides have offered some sort of inadequate cease fire as both have offered inadequate talks but the signs are that people recognize there has to be some political solution to this otherwise the carnage will continue the losses will continue and western interests will increasingly look with greedy eyes on these enormous oil reserves and indeed the market opportunities of libya are going to see the libyan people bring about their solution without western interference. that's ahead for us and never learned military conflict draws parallels between events and nato experience in af

pure coincidence that a lot of these people came from eastern libya apparently our new ally in the region as this civil war goes on what do you think about that is how true is it. well there used to a a group in libya the libyan islamic fighting group and this was. one of the many groups in north africa that they had some degree of association with i would tell you that what happened is of the gaddafi government was successful in essentially crushing this group most of the of the leaders in jail and the ones that survived migrated to other places of. of conflict so this is this is why you find libyans for example in high positions with the al qaeda core in pakistan afghanistan area is because of the defeat of the levy and islamic fighting group in in libya now what happened in libya is very very before this latest crisis is very very interesting because the they got their free government enter into. into discussions with the recently there are leaders of the libyan islamic fighting group and somehow their leadership of the group went through a process of assessing the examining their ideo

that we were involved in the civil war largely because of the vast amounts of oil that exist in eastern libya and i think the result will probably break a very easy partition of if you know. actions in libya tends to anger the law and secure and this is to apologize for so-called friendly fire. killed opposition fighters. u.s. lawmakers scraped together an agreement on their lives and spending cuts just an hour before the first government shutdown this could have gone ahead. area without news twenty four hours a day welcome to the program russia and poland coming together to remember a common tragedy on sunday will be exactly a year since a polish plane crash near the russian city of smolensk ninety six people wrong boarding the polish president the wife and a large part of the country's political and the grief united nations poland's rejection of the investigation has threatened to divide the r.t.c. country which is in a spot where commemoration ceremonies are due to be key. started sulphur describe the scene there. earlier on there is only a tree stumps left of the side where the polish tup

knesset firmly in place with access to limited firms knoppix all stood by any means and we have eastern libya syria nika controlled by the rebels we have very thought you. government where you can find anybody from a former capacity loyalists islam is so like well qaida all ports in this room it all scored for you know weapons contractors and supported by the west of course but that's all right in the oil market by captor. right i want to ask you about that because could this actually backfire on the united states make a comparison back to when the united states back to the mujahideen during the soviet occupation in afghanistan now those are some of the fighters that the united states is fighting and its mission there today could this backfire in the same way with the u.s. backing the rebels of course like it's the great certainly cho was joe's was with us who will be talking about blowback as we speak yes the u.s. and the brits basically want to arm the rebels you know that could happen in effect it's already happened they raided some arms depots in eastern libya and this said oh ok they're

eastern libya, apparently by a nato airstrike.nger is rising among rebels who are >>> five antigovernment fighters were killed today in eastern libya apparently by a nato air strike. antigovernment forces made a hasty retreat after the attack. nato is looking into the air strike which is the second bungled mission in a week. the strike comes amid a stale mate between pro and anti- gadaffi forces. a u.s. commandser says the stale mate could mean the pentagon would send in more power, maybe even ground troops. >>> another aftershock rattling nerves in japan today. the largest since the devastating earthquake and tsunami one month ago. charlie d'agata has the story. >> reporter: workers braced for balance as the latest giant aftershock rattled japan. hundreds of hits since the enormous quake last month but this was the most intense so far. registering 7.4 magnitude. the aftershock hit deep underwater about 30 miles below the surface off the coast. the shaking ripped holes in rooftops, knocked out power and threw items off store showe

near eastern libya, there is more dissatisfaction with nato because they aren't seeing the same number of air strike. that's because many say gadhafi has changed his tack, the. now using pickup trucks instead of tanks so his troops blend in with the rebels on the ground. >> a leaders in libya trying to brokary cease fire say gadhafi has taken steps toward peace but he rejects rebel demands to step down. >>> still to come at 5:00 -- >> when your first film is 12 angry men which is one of the landmarks of american film making and story telling, i would say you're off to a good star >> a look back at the life and legacy of one of america's >>> late last month a trip went to oregon. when he they got back, more than half were handed three-day suspensions because of drug and alcohol use during the trip. they are all sophomores at sir francis drake high school which has sponsored the respect the for 15 years. school official are looking at how it got out of hand and why only four of the five requires should that roans have gone on the trip. they say it is a with the known fact that drug and a

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this as the cia is sending small teams of operatives into rebel held eastern libya. >>> japan is appealing for international help to try to stabilize a plant that is leaking radiation after it was damaged after a tsunami. some radiation has been detected in beef and other foods in japan. here in the u.s., very low levels turned up in milk but the fda says it's still safe to drink. >>> stopping protests at funerals. the supreme court says they are constitutional. now maryland lawmakers are stepping in. kelly mcpherson explains, this all centers in the protest of a many maryland marine funeral. >> reporter: the father of that marine took this issue all the way to the supreme court and lost. and now maryland leaders are trying to change the law here to restrict those protesters here in maryland. a supreme court decision allowing the westboro church to protest at funerals in the name of free speech is not the end of the debate. >> we have not slowed to so far and we will not. >> let them have their free speech but keep them away from the people who are grieving. and just the signs they put up

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. >>> in libya, rebel forces are pushing fighters to the front lines near bray ga in eastern libya to take advantage of nato air strikes. at least seven rebels were killed and 27 injured in today's fighting. in the west, the gadhafi forces shelledmy are da today where there are reports of more civilian deaths. >>> in london, preparations for the royal wedding of prince william and kate middleton continue as the british government considers new rules of royal succession. the first male heir of the couple takes the thrown. the law will be changed to allow the first borne child whether female or female to take the -- male or female to take the kingdom. >>> a teenager who suffered an aneurysm while ply flying to disneyland will be able to get the care for the burns he needs. he had a mid-flight aneurysm on march 21st. the surgery went well and that miguel will be moved to a burn unit in fresno on monday. his mother came from georgia to take care of her son and she is running out of money. business leaders from yummy goods held a fundraiser today. they saw her son's story on the news and w

they retook the down of brega in eastern libya.his information just in, a libyan opposition leader says rebels want a cease-fire if gadhafi fulls his forces from all cities and allows peaceful protests. >> kristen: nice here but on the east coast, winter without end. tornados in florida to big snowstorm. weather on this april fool's day is no joke. here is the latest. >> the problem started in florida with warm wet air that turned dangerous. the storm crippled a canopy that protects train cars and caused a work delay on the space shuttle at kennedy space center. the lightning came close, some damage was reportedly minimal. there was major damage at an air show that attracted half million people a year. a plane flipped over and people were trapped in tents. in new england there is no hiding from approaching snow. >> i can't wait till it's over. >> public crews are reinstalling the snow equipment. towns in western massachusetts are already tens of thousands of dollars over the snow removal budget. snow will be fallen on ski slopes. >

rebels in eastern libya reported nato air strikes mistakenly hit their positions again today. of the rebels died and more than a dozen others were injured in the attack near brega. it would mark the second such friendly fire attack in less than a week. meanwhile, in washington, the head of the united states africa command said the fighting in libya is becoming a stalemate. but general carter ham warned against arming the rebels without knowing more about them. >> not knowing who the ops are. are they trustworthy, there are some media outlets reporting alliances, need to be assured that the weapons wouldn't fall into extremist hands. >> sreenivasan: general ham also said an international ground force could bolster the rebels. president obama has said there will be no american troops on the ground in libya. and in another development, the news organization "global post" reported today that pro-qaddafi forces have detained freelance correspondent james foley and several other foreign journalists. nato and afghan troops killed a border policeman today, after he shot dead two ameri

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. >>> officials in eastern libya are calling on nato to keep a close watch on the oil fields under their control. the said it was in everyone's interest that the facilities be safeguarded. >> a jewel in the rubble crown, the refinery. most of libya's oil is in the east, and much of it comes here. if the rebels control and of of the oil, they may determine the future. this was their first, a greek tanker loading crude oil, close to 70 million pounds. that will help keep the revolution afloat. the rebels hoped to begin regular oil exports from the port. they are quiet about who their customers are, but said they are talking with three or four european countries. the aim is to have at least two tankers filling up here every month. the revenue is urgently needed, they say, to pay the bills. in his first television interview, the head of the rebel oil company says the income as a lifeline. >> the country's funds are frozen, but in the meantime, we have to face our expenses in terms of people, supplying the market with food, fuel, etc. >> and weapons? >> i don't know if they are buying weapons

were a cosmopolitan and libyan movement rather than ceramic and irredentist, those fighting for eastern libya which is why they are very thinly drawn out in the initial platform in the courthouse in been ghazi. it's as tripoli is our capital of the united libya. it was essential to the rebels that they did not want to portray libya as a place that was about to fracture down the center, dividing tripoli in the north and gadhifist sub-saharan desert with benghazi in the east and out crew for a, and oil-producing area. the rebels were insisting the country not be cleaved into -- onto the rebels equipment alongside and with nato. eastern libya and also the people of the central josÉ spoke with had a very bitter memory comic collective memory of 30 years of italian fascist colonialism that existed from 1911 to 1941. older libyans, some of where the rebel movement have some very senior man who are fighting in this movement, told me they fondly recall allies or their parents had told them of the allies putting out fascist acts of powers out of ceramic, you may have heard of the rats of toubro, which

mandates says journalist i'm going to stop i think the original demand from the rebels inside of eastern libya. in the cities in western libya was such a no fly zone to stop the most from is coming in and some humanitarian aid the red line for them was ground troops and now we're beginning to see the first steps towards a creeping. critical arrival of foreign the foreign forces that this is exactly what happened in vietnam and in various other conflicts it always starts with it's about humanitarian intervention and then where is it leading to and this i think is a very very dangerous move and what we're seeing in libya unfortunately is what the best way to put it is really the west hijacking this revolution and in this process they're making very very difficult for the revolution succeeded. the international monetary fund expects food conflicts in africa i'm a pretty girl a new economic downturn would be devastating for the u.s. . america's financial management is best defined by a nonstop borrowing bench seat of the talk over there it's a running ticker of u.s. debt. we explore with grim fina

i think the original demand from the rebels inside of eastern libya and the cities in western libya was simply no fly zone to stop the most from his coming in and some humanitarian aid the red line for them was ground troops and now we're beginning to see the first steps towards a creeping. critical arrival of foreign or foreign forces that this is exactly what happened in vietnam and in various other conflicts and it always starts with it's about humanitarian intervention and then where is it leading to and this i think is a very very dangerous move and what we're seeing in libya unfortunately is the best way to put it is really the west hijacking this revolution and in this process they're making very very difficult for the revolution succeeded. the coalition's decision that to send a military advisors to that is not exactly being welcomed with open arms and russia moscow is warning that moves directly against the u.n. resolution and some kinds of mention aid both are contradictory they said today that eventually keeping the russian leadership asking about. russia's repeat likud predi

stephanie gosk traveled to the front line in eastern libya and has a look. >> reporter: these are not just rag tag revolutionaries. here are units of professional soldiers who defected from gadhafi's army when the uprising began. they say new, more advanced weaponry will be in their hands within days. we're at the last staging area before the front line. we haven't seen any of the new heavy weapons but what we have seen are these new land cruiser pickup trucks. they tell us they come from qatar. the gulf nation of qatar has also supplied new boots and uniforms. general khalid a career officer says professional soldiers have started to control some of the less predictable volunteers. the rebels are still excitable but we are united with them, he says. we are all the army. during our interview, a new attack. and then this. gadhafi forces firing artillery. in the last few minutes they've come under attack. we're seeing something we haven't seen before. they're not running. there even appears to be battle field strategy. commanders up front are sending orders to the launchers in the back.

i think the original demand from the rebels inside of eastern libya and the area of the cities in western libya was simply no fly zone to stop most families coming in and some humanitarian aid the red line for them was ground troops and now we're beginning to see the first steps towards a creeping. critical arrival of foreign or foreign forces that this is exactly what happened in vietnam and in various other conflicts and it always starts with it's about humanitarian intervention and then where is that leading to and this i think is a very very dangerous move and what we're seeing in libya unfortunately is the best way to put it is really the west hijacking this revolution and in this process they are making very very difficult for the revolution succeed. now there are fears raging addressed in the arab world might jeopardize the global economic recovery as we report later in the program here. we are one shark away from a full grown gracious what threats the world's financial system is facing including a summer coming from washington that's coming your way in just a few minutes. russian

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that we're involved in the civil war largely because of the vast amounts of oil that exist in eastern libya and i think the result will probably break a very easy partition of libya with a stalemate which will lead to constant conflict and cause no rest of the future if there has to be some political solution to this otherwise the carnage will continue the losses will continue and western interests will increasingly look with greedy eyes on these enormous oil reserves and indeed the market opportunities of libya are going to see the libyan people bring about their solution without western interference. that reports that the coalition could rebels in libya u.k. government is already on the spread of weapons but it's m.p.'s have criticised their own government setting up arms to kill gadhafi and other need of these nations. security forces put down on rest in the middle east with rubber bullets tear gas and other irritant ammunition and they've got plenty the u.k. was still selling arms to libya just four months before colonel gadhafi turned on his own people with government ministers approvi

you know that could happen in effect it's already happened they redid some arms depots you know eastern libya and this out there related french version they already have surface to air missiles in the took this out of libya so it's probably somewhere in shot in central africa so this is already happening can you imagine if these rebels are armed why do you see a pentagon s.a.'s from britain all that can be measured this is six months we're going to have new jersey it's too soon. and later today some intense debate over the situation in libya are cross-sectional here's. the fact that their regime is kids around here and their government as a whole is something that the whole entire war does not have the word doesn't really one they have they have that if you rule so the world has actually moved and saved lives if i may jump in here and john john john if i was to go to you i mean if we look at recent memory you could ask he was being brought out of the cold i think we call that these arguments were exactly the same as they are going to use for the invasion of afghanistan and iraq and nobody thi

the rebels you know that could happen in fact it's already happened they raided some arms depots eastern libya and then this out there related french presently already have surface to air missiles and b. two pieces out of libya so it's probably somewhere in shot in central africa so this is already happening can you imagine if these rebels are armed by the cia pentagon s.a.'s from britain and all that can be measured this is six months we don't have new just to suit. so as a foreign intervention in libya drags on the struggle to justify gets tougher as you'll see on our cross talk shell coming your way in just over an hour's time. that their regime is kids around here and their government as a whole is something that the whole entire world does not have the word doesn't really want to have if you rule so the world has actually moved and saved lives if i may jump in here john john john if i was to go to you i mean if we look at recent memory he was being brought out of the cold i think we recall that these arguments were exactly the same as we are going to use for the invasion of afghanistan an

the rebels you know that could happen any fact is already happened they read it some arms depot eastern libya and this out there related french presently already have surface to air missiles and b. so peace out of libya so it's probably somewhere in shock in central africa so this is already happening can you imagine if these rebels are armed why did cia pentagon s.a.'s from britain and all they can imagine this is six months we're going to have mujahideen to suit. so is the thorough an intervention in libya drags on struggled to justify it just gets tougher i see an across doctor that's coming your way in next hour. get the. kids around here and their government as a whole is something that the whole entire war does not have the word doesn't really want to have get there if you or so the world there's actually moved and saved. lives if i may jump in here john john john if i was going to go to you i mean if we look at recent memory that after he was being run out of the cold i think we recall that these arguments were exactly the same as the arguments used for the invasion of afghanistan and