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Thats exactly whats happening. the means to achieve that in the near term is the destruction of qaddafis decisive ground forces which have changed the nature of the conflict when they rolled back the rebels. we have to clear the airspace to facilitate that and that is what is taking place now. some of those decisive ground forces essentially two brigades are being engaged and will continue to be engaged until those forces are no longer relevant. and thats what we see unfolding in front of us. >>...

Involved in an overnight strike operation according to the u.s. command in africa and involved in the operation, we understand are three b-2 stealth bombers, four marine corps harrier jets, four u.s. f-15s, and eight u.s. f-16s. this is a major new offensive in this operation. as we understand right now, no more cruise missiles launched overnight this is day two of t operation, which the mission is to basically get rid of and disable libyas air defense system this is step two of what we saw on s...

Included three b-2 stealth bombers, as well as four marine corps harrier jets that took off from "uss kersarge." we know the mission was initially to target those air defense systems and disable them in libya. also, this operation includes many f-15 and f-16 jets as well. were hearing from the british memb ministry defense that four jets were involved. we know no more cruise missiles launched overnight. american and british troops, as you mentioned on ships and submarines fired more than 110 tom...

Suggested, right after that it was the u.s. launching more than 100 cruise missiles, using b-2 bombers. and so the u.s. with its massive military power is, of course, going to play a major role here. but i can tell you how theyre playing in the administration. senior officials here traveling with the president insist that the u.s. is only going to take a lead role for a few days. and then slip back into the background and let other nations as part of this coalition take the lead. interesting tha...

Youre hitting. >> it was very successful. taking out mohs of his air migs. >> reporter: by sunday it was safe for planes to fly. b-2 boxers and fighter jets. these are more mobile and went off gadhafis ground forces, firing on tanks and even infantry units to force them back from benghazi. >> if theyre advancing on to opposition forces into libya, yes, we will take them under attack. >> reporter: enforcing a no-fly zone across the country, that could cost up to $300 million a week. a limited no-...

Next slide, please. these strikes were carried out last night east coast time bee 3 b-2 bombers dropping direct attack munitions. it shows an either view of air strike and this is airfield meaning its used for civilian commercial traffic. you can see the area -- let me point it out to you -- in green in the center area. is where the commercial part is. the military hardened aircraft shelter are in the triangular shapes of the four corners. we targeted only those areas in those facilities outside...

Its gone, b-2 bombers put them out just like saddams air force bunkers taking out the radar and command and control. that is the easiest part of what is likely to be a rather difficult campaign to dislodge muammar khadafy. >> gregg: i know you remember it well, april 15th, 1986, president reagan launched an air strike against the compound of muammar khadafy. it was only a telephone call from the prime minister alerting khadafy that allowed him moments before the bombs hit to flee. clearly back t...

From an air field not far from misrata. these strikes were carried out last night east coast time by three b-2 bombers dropping joint direct attack munitions. the photograph to my left shows an overview of that air field before the strikes and this is a dual use air field meaning that its also used for commercial -- civilian commercial traffic. you can see the area -- ill point it out to you. in greechb here n here in the c where the commercial party is. we targeted only those areas and those fa...

>> two focuses, jamie, both rebel strang holds, misrata and benghazi and if you talked to rick leventhal throughout the weekend, in mis really, residents say pro qaddafi forces have come into the city center and have tanks and a blockade and report there are casualties. over the skies of benghazi, french war planes have been enforcing that no-fly zone, some u.s. planes have also attacked some ground forces, pro qaddafi ground forces in the benghazi area and u.s. defense official says the coaliti...

One area of focus for them is the city of benghazi. u.s. war planes have fired upon some pro-government forces outside the city of benghazi. the brits, danes, spanish, french, italians are sending up their aircraft in that particular area. the u.s. specifically sent in air force fighter jets, b-2 stealth bombers. weve been going after the air defenses for the past 24 hours, he said. those have been degraded but not yet been decimated. take a listen to admiral mike mullen on "fox news sunday". >>...