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Today here in cairo, we caught up with the leader who voted in the nationwide referendum. the arab league supports the no-fly zone, but he emphasized this is not to be a military action or invasion. no one is talking about invading libya. certainly when you look at countries like france and listen to statements by french president nicolas sarkozy, the rhetoric is different. he suggests attacking targets on the ground. when you look at how the resolution is written up, it leads the possibility of...

Deadly offenses. arab people have chosen to free themselves from the enslavement in which they felt for too long. these revolts have given rise to great hopes in the hearts of all those who share the values of democracy and human rights. but they are not without risk. the future of these arab people belong to them. among the many difficulties and ordeals, they must confront the arab people. it is our duty to provide the help. in libya, a peaceful civilian population demanding nothing more than t...

Were delivered back in the 1970s and early 80s, there are some that still could cause considerable damage. that was going to be the first target of the coalition forces. >> do we know the general facility where the targets are? >> reporter: they are not specifying exactly where they are. we know most of the capability was in the western part of the country. more toward the capital of tripoli. that was his seat of power so to speak. most of them would be more toward that half of the country. >> t...

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You so much. >> lets go to chris lawrence. what more can you tell us about these u.s. missile strikes? >> reporter: we have been able to confirm the u.s. has launched the first tomahawk missile strike in libya. colonel gadhafis air defenses. this was going to be the first opening move in the operation to take out his air defense. it is believed that he is somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 to 50 launchers in that area. mostly concentrated in the western part of the country. although some of his...

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It is our duty to respond to their anguished appeal. the future of libya belongs to the libyans. we do not seek to decide for them. their fight for freedom is theirs. our intervention, alongside arab people, is not with a few to imposing any specific outcome on them, but in the name of the universal conscience that will not tolerate such crimes. today, we are intervening in libya under the united nations security council mandate. alongside our partners. we are doing this to protect the civilian ...

France is shouldering its role in history. thank you. >> there are more points of view coming out of paris. we will get to our state department correspondent jill dougherty in a moment. meantime, ill let you get back to northeastern libya. we have arwa damon there. what kind of activity are you seeing where you are? >> reporter: fredricka, in the city of benghazi is where we saw the assault earlier today. so far, it seems the opposition does manage to obtain control of the city. it does appear t...

And canadians met under the secretary-general. together, we have decided to ensure the application of the security council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire and end the violence to civilians in libya. participants agreed to use all the necessary means, in particular military means, to enforce the security council decisions. this is why an agreement without partners, our air force wi will oppose any aggression of gadhafi in benghazi. as of now, our aircraft are preventing planes from a...

If you are the coalition enforcing this that you have adequate force that this wasnt a one-time tap. no bombing. this is a continuous application of force until gadhafi breaks. >> general, let me ask you this, we have the confirmation now. cnn confirmed that the u.s. has launched the first missiles against libya. if that is the case following the military activity we have been talking with the french. >> it sounds to me like it is moving toward escalation. that is important because in an operati...