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Environment for the brits and the french to operate in, both with rather modest forces down there. well keep up awax and other preventive systems to provide them with a safer operating environment. >> go ahead, what wants to jump in? is that you, richard? >> reporter: no, no, we were trying to coordinate here. we are also expecting the president to speak. but i definitely agree with a what general mccafferty has been saying that the first step would be to take out the air defenses. didnt mean to...

Libya. so as far as developments, well wait to see what decisions are made at that meeting that the prime minister is about to chair. >> and as things stand right now there are a handful of countries that are moving assets into that region but so far as we understand it the united states has promised to limit its involvement to support roles especially for the french and united kingdom. correct? >> yeah. thats right. senior british government sources earlier this week were telling me that they d...

And basically the nato command and control structure will be what runs the war. >> it seems very generous of berlusconi to offer up natos base there. lets go to the map of libya that shows where the rebels currently remain in power. they lost a lot of ground in the last week and the united nations took some quick action once it decided to take up the issue but its been weeks of dawdling as gadhafis forces regained an upper hand, pushed them back. so here is where they are in red where rebels sti...

Breaking news now. the french have confirmed that their fighter jets have destroyed a number of military vehicles in libya. they say armored vehicles and tanks. the report from al jazeera is that four tanks were destroyed. this is video of those french pilots preparing earlier today for the military strike. this came, an international agreement after gadhafis forces broke the cease-fire, fired on the rebel stronghold of benghazi earlier today, and we know that there has been significant military...

Government. in bahrain a similar story. saudi arabia the king there is trying to make overtures to keep the violence from happening but these are all allies of the united states and the war on terror important to americas missions and yet theyre going through changes. >> yeah. what the united states has done is its set the model in libya for any other actions. and that model demands, requires, security council action. you will not get security council action to go into yemen or into bahrain or i...

President, who is obviously on a prescheduled trip to latin america. but, still, the fact that the secretary went out of her way to use the phrase "we are supporting these countries in their military efforts" and indeed the first elements of this have not been u.s. military aircraft although its quite likely as you outlined that there are going to be a considerable number of u.s. military assets aircraft or not brought to bear before all is said and done in this. but we did not engage in any uni...

World. that he had a decision to give up nuclear weapons in 2005 and an opportunity to join the international community and he chose not to. she says because of the ferment in this region that the countries that border libya are in danger because of these actions. among other things do you think at this point, i mean for instance a naval blockade, what does that really do to stop the violence against civilians in his own country? >> well, again, almost nothing. these are political gestures. by t...

The focus of the foreign intervention in libya is centered around the rebel held city of benghazi. but gadhafi forces are still operating out of the western city of tripoli where government supporters are converging on the international airport trying to deter a possible bombing. we want to go to nbcs jim maceda in the gadhafi stronghold of tripoli. jim? >> reporter: this morning gadhafis forces pushed and punched through the defenses set up by the rebels in the southwestern part and approach to...

Actions and activities that we have a clear interest in protecting american and american people from him. she says its a time of great ferment in the middle east, that there are countries that border libya that are going through changes and that theyre committed to democracy. okay. im just getting news right now coming to us. we have breaking news that the united states has just launched the first missiles against libya. this would be the first time american action has been taken against libya i...

Thousands of people who were just at the airport in tripoli and when there is a war people get exploited. there were 10,000 people or more from african nations, people working in tripoli. they decided to leave. when they arrived at the airport, somebody who looked like an official came up to them and said, okay. everyone give me your pass ports and thousands gave them their passports and then they said, okay. give me your money. they couldnt get their money back unless they gave their passport b...