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We need to? >> the idea is we do not. anything can happen. but the major role which basically, i dont know if were unique at it within the system, but certainly we could do it the fastest and the best. and that was clearing the field, the communications network, grounding all the planes, knocking them out, impeding and limiting their ability to do anything in a serious nature. we stand in the background now. we stand ready to assist. tt pornt thing is that we are behind if the curtain as the wiz...

As operations develop and events warrant, well come back to you and keep you updated as things go on. thank you all for coming in on this weekend. >> there youre hearing it, the pentagon perspective on operation "odyssey dawn" which began about an hour and a half ago with the first missile strikes from ships positioned in the mediterranean against these critical communications hubs and air defense hubs there along tripolis coast. the primary targets here are to cripple moammar gadhafis ability t...

Going on to perform the first surveillance operations. along about an hour before the meeting broke up, other aircraft about six fighters took off from bases here. these are combat aircraft that can take out vehicles on the ground, that can attack ground positions. they took off, and they are in the skies. now, this is just the french contingent. one of the things were not hearing here is what the other nations in this coalition may be doing, where their planes are and all the rest of it. but as...