NPR's David Greene reported that the regime has passed out

Press Television News cameraman counted at least three bodies by the side of the road, evidence of fierce battles. Regime troops were bringing in a stream of truckloads of ammunition, rockets and supplies.

Gadhafi's army also reportedly seized the nearby port town of Zwitina to the north.

But the rebels scored a rare success in the struggle against Gadhafi's superior air power — shooting down at least two bomber planes that attacked the airport in Benghazi, according to AP reports citing accounts from residents.

Gheriani said opposition fighters used three of their own seized planes and some helicopters to attack government troops trying to advance on Benghazi.

The government has won a string of victories in eastern Libya, and the decisive battleground may now be Benghazi, the country's second-largest city and the heart of the revolution.

NPR's David Greene reported that the regime has passed out leaflets to residents urging support for Gadhafi and dangled promises of amnesty for those who put down their arms. But there's still a sense of fear across Libya that those who joined in the protests may never be safe.

The New York Times said four of its journalists disappeared Tuesday while reporting on the fighting in Ajdabiya, and the aid group Doctors Without Borders pulled its staff out of Libya owing to security concerns.
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