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Fighting age. thats all we know. thats all we could see. that was a couple of the bodies. the government hasnt been able to show precisely, concisely and decisively in any way that they have had civilian casualties. its not to say that it hasnt happene happened. >> arwa, do the rebel commanders care if the u.s. or nato is in control of this operation? >> reporter: no, wolf. they dont. theres one thing they care about. that is that the operation continues. they still desperately are going to need...

The secretary-general is shuttling between the french delegation, the turkish delegation, its incredibly fluid. hes trying to see if he can salvage a statement that nato will take this over. at issue, wolf, the sequencing, how quickly the u.s. can turn over command to nato and make sure this isnt staggered. the turkish delegation saying, look, stay tuned to see if they can put this through this evening. if not, secretary clinton scheduled to make a statement this hour. >> shes probably waiting t...

Put somebody else in charge right now, yet we very much want you to assist. >> to american troops like reporting to a french general in effect? >> they wont. they wont. a staff officer will, but the command lines will be u.s. through all the way up through the u.s. the u.s. does not subordinate its commands. >> in fato takes over, does that effectively reduce the scope of this operation, given the fact that turkey, germany, some other allies arent happy with the broad nature of this operation? >...

Have pledged to contribute to this protection of civilians in libya. >> so the operation will be consistent with whats been going on for the past week, almost a week. in accordance with the united nations security council resolution 1973. it will not only create a no-fly zone, but will use all necessary means to protect civilians in libya. is that correct? >> what we have decided is that nato will enforce the no-fly zone. we are considering whether nato should take on that broader responsibility...

Designed to protect civilians. >> wolf, as long as the operation is in place. as long as theres international intervention the opposition forces are happy. what is remarkable is the critical fact that continues to be ignored. thats the stated intention, the stated mission of these opposition forces. they want to continue to fight. they want the war. they want toic that this war to moammar gadhafi and his regime and topple them. thats something usually buried in the headlines when you hear about ...

It sounds like the u.s. will be in charge of a big part of this operation. >> this is still unfolding. how does that jive with what jay carney said that u.s. planes would not be involved in the second phase of the mission in libya. it would be an assist and support role. it will be interesting to see how this lines up with the desire of the administration. thats to see libya without moammar gadhafi. you heard from the president and other senior officials saying he must go. he shows no signs of g...

Bases that are currently crucial. >> if arab support is crucial and it is crucial in this situation, who are they saying they would rather see take the lead in this? >> well, its not clear. obviously the arab league want to make sure that they have some kind of involvement in this. theres reluctance on the part of the arab countries, particularly the arab league to contribute forces to a mission that would be run by the nato military alliance because of the negative associations that nato allian...

Launched from this vessel. and two support helicopters with a team of 30 marines went out to try and recover the pilot. he was picked up, brought back here in the very early hours of tuesday morning, and is currently in the medical facilities here onboard. and we also know that his weapons officer picked up by rebel forces and looked after by them has also been recovered and is currently in a hospital, which is a u.s. air force base up in the north of italy, zain. >> diana, what are the troops o...

Civilians. cnns arwa damon is standing by to take us to the front lines. has the u.s. found anyone to take demand of the libya operation right now? what happens if gadhafi remains in power for any extended period of time? ill ask the presidents deputy national security adviser, dennis mcdunna, hes standing by live. and black smoke at a crippled reactor and radioactive tap water in tokyo. we have the latest on japans nuclear crisis. well hear from an american who was inside the nuclear power pl...

Over libya would be unwilling and reluctant. the british have also been resisting the idea of an anglo-french command structure. they want it to be under natos command. and they seem to have gotten their way in the sense of some sort of compromise deal being discussed at the moment in brussels that would give nato the command structure, the nato military command structure, the day-to-day running overall charge of the military operations in eastern libya. but the political oversight provided not ...