the lockerbie bomber who has been living as a freeman in libya since a scottish judge released him from prison in 2009 on compassionate grounds. that felt good at time. and the man is the only person ever convicted in the 1988 pan am bombing that killed 278 people. libya s former justice minister claimed that muammar qaddafi himself masterminded and ordered the attack. and jonathan hunt is live from new york with the news. do we know why he is? jonathan: the short answer is, no, we don t know where he is right now. since hisry lease, he has been living in the damascus neighborhood of tripoli and in the process of building another home down the street from there which has been under construction since he was released back in 2009 and he was frequently chauffeur driven
sky, searching for any coalition aircraft. allied military leaders have been working to establish a no-fly zone over libya. in an effort to prevent qaddafi from attacking his own people. commanders are also targeting libyan troops who threaten civilians they tell us. we are told war planes focused a lot of their fireplace near the eastern city of benghazi, carrier jets reportedly dropped at least 12 bombs there overnight. and through a variety of reports, we know that regime ground forces that were in the vicinity of benghazi now possess little will or capability to resume offensive operations. u.s. and british forces have launched tomahawk cruise missiles they tell to us target government troops. and the regime s military infrastructure. in fact, the british submarine hhs triumph launched a paver tomahawks that hit qaddafi s compound in tripoli. coalition leaders target that
time for the top of the news. and just into fox news, international coalition forces reportedly hit radar installations at two libyan air defense bases in the eastern part of the country as america s third war suspect and going. that s according to the reporting of the al jazeera satellite network. the two bases said to be located near the rebel strong hold of benghazi. meantime international forces are apparently getting set to explain that no-fly zone over libya. that word from the u.s. commander in the region. with the growing capabilities of the coalition, i anticipate the no-fly zone will soon extend to misrata and then to tripoli. shepard: so quickly it s assumed they had help from the ground. some kind of coalition ground forces. some initial strikes against the government forces hit near the city of benghazi. rick leventhal is streaming live
problem here because of all of qaddafi s oil money. tens of billions of dollars in cash. so he can afford to pay a lot of people to do his dirty work. the goal, hand over control to some unidentified somebody in days, not weeks. and what signals the end of this war? to that question tonight, there is no specific answer. we have team fox coverage. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. james rosen at the state department. first, let s get to steve harrigan live this overnight in tripoli. steve, a lot of antiaircraft fire earlier. what are you seeing there now? shepard, right now it s quiet, but three times tonight we have had heavy antiaircraft fire. those red tracer bullets going up into the sky. they usually follow loud explosions on the ground. inside this city of 1.5 million people for the third night in a row we have had major explosions. not sure whether they are from cruise missiles or from attacks from war planes those explosions coming from qaddafi s one mile
and mortars. no word on whether anybody there was hurt. up next, more from libya, including word coalition forces are now trying to extend that no-fly zone over the capital and beyond. we re live on the ground in tripoli with news as it happens. that s next. [ male announcer ] an everyday moment can turn romantic anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be re confident in eir abilityto be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinical proven low-dose tablet you take every da so you can be ready anytime the moment s right. tell your docto about your medical condition and all medications, and ask if you re healthy enough for sual activity. do t take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. [ man ] do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache, or muscle ache. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help