`` If we are ordered to take the city , it wo n't take us long , maybe two or three hours , '' Al Birra said . NEW : Loyalists fire missiles at opposition fighters from Bani Khalid . NEW : Opposition leader says they have a choice between the past and the future . The United States does not believe the NTC knows where Gadhafi is . Official : The U.S. mission is to protect citizens , not to nab them .
NEW : Loyalists fire missiles at opposition fighters from Bani Khalid . NEW : Opposition leader says they have a choice between the past and the future . The United States does not believe the NTC knows where Gadhafi is . Official : The U.S. mission is to protect citizens , not to nab them .