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They too would become a target. the official says once that is done, once they open up an environment in which a no-fly zone could be performed, youll see the no-fly zone enforced in a limited part of the country. its only going to be in that northern part of libya from east to west, primarily to the west of tripoli and, obviously, to the east of benghazi. most of the flights are going to take place over libyan airspace in the area around tripoli and also in the mediterranean sea in the area aro...

>> chris lawrence is at the pentagon with new information on these american missiles. what can you tell us, chris. >> reporter: yeah. were getting more information about how this operation is going to work. a few minutes ago we reported that some of the first u.s. tomahawk missiles had been launched on libya. now we can give you an idea of exactly how this is going to play out. phase one of this mission will be to degrade colonel gadhafis air defenses. by that i mean most of the first strikes wi...

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Rick leventhal is live in neeive libya. here we are on the maybe, were going to put the areas where we believe that qaddafis forces are in control and the areas in red where the rebels believe they hold authority in white. what rick was describing, heres tripoli, the capitol city, misurata to the east here, there are reports that qaddafi is in control there, but also were hearing that rebels are making ground there. whats the truth, we dont know so well split it half way here. sirte is qaddafis ...

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Targeting a military vehicle. we also get some reaction from a lot of our reporters who are all over the world. not just in libya, of course, out of washington and paris. >> jim bittermann is standing by. we know this is the beginning of the enforcement of the no-fly zone over libya. how far is france ready to go in all of this? it could take longer than a few days. >> reporter: it certainly could, hala. that is one of the things that may be open for debate as this rolls along. i think initially...