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>> i remember seeing one of them going off about ten miles off my nose, which blew up a brand new site just put in place by the libyans. >> he says the libyans were overwhelmed. >> i dont think the libyans had us on radar. i think they were surprised. it was obvious we had caught them by surprise. you know, we were 200 feet above the sea, mediterranean sea. we had our radars off. we had our lights off. it was all done on timing. the tactical part of it was beautifully synchronized. beautifully d...

She has more. barbara? >> wolf, defense secretary robert gates has been saying for days that a no-fly zone over libya amounts to combat. i talked earlier today to a retired naval officer who has actually done it. its been done before. in the no-fly zone over iraq, u.s. war planes patrolled for over a decade, bombing targets, trying to keep the iraqi military boxed in. retired admiral john nafman commanded piloting flying the missions. it wasnt always easy. >> in southern iraq we tried to blow up...

Several days, contacting all the members of the press team here for the libyan government and then suddenly one night we got a knock on our door and they said you have to come straight away. we got our things together and within a few minutes we were rushed into this palace behind tripolis green square and rather quickly the leader and his entourage came, and it was quite a surreal experience but yes he was much calmer than you might expect. >> did you get any sense that this is a guy that is re...

Its very hard to prove. if somebody is paying them to go there it certainly seems theres an element that everyone doesnt want to appear less fervent than the last guy. you get a sense its part coercion and part commitment. its the type of people who dont want to seem to be letting the sight down. they dont know what they may mean for them. >> some of them are afraid if they dont do it they could be in trouble. finally, there seems to be new diplomatic outreach that the libyan regime is now under...

The white house hasnt yet made up its mind. too bad we dont have an adult in the white house like we do at the state department. ram in california says absolutely the stronger more resolute voice consistently has been hillary clintons. she warned pressure sheptsly in doha that the foundations of progress in the middle east are "sinking into the sand" and the region faces disaster without real reforms. events starting with tunisia right through egypt have proven her right. raich writes neither. t...

Weve been waiting for a while now. the president is walking a bit of a tight rope if the u.s. were to act unilaterally. no matter how noble the cost of them fighting for freedom we would be seen as interfering in the internal affairs of a muslim nation. president obama is not saying much publicly. hes had strong words for gadhafi telling him to step down. and gadhafi is still there. in the meantime, secretary of state hillary clinton emerged as the mouthpiece for the administration. she traveled...

The balance of power. just a few days ago the rebel forces were advancing steadily westward. now it appears that advance has come to a screeching halt and it may be turning in the other direction. >> at least one oil storage tank to the west ruz hit in the fighting by whom its not clear. this is the first time that libyas oil infrastructure has been damaged. what started as a revolution has become a war. ben wedeman, cnn, ras lanuf, eastern libya. >> and joining us now, nic robertson in tripoli....

Pilots would be scared out of their minds. they wouldnt fly. >> they would think they would be heading to a certain death. i think the white house wouldnt disagree with that. i mean, theyre not saying that no-fly zone wouldnt be effective. but its clear they dont want to go it alone. they understand the problems with the united states. and "b." they believe its a lot more complicated than senator mccain obviously believes. for example, how do you know how effective its going to be? what if someo...

State, hillary clinton, cia director leon peneta and mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chief of staffs. but the president of the united states, the commander in chief, not scheduled to attend. when it comes to libya, who has a stronger voice, hillary clinton or barack obama? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and give us your thoughts. >> jack cafferty, thanks very much. as libyas civil war heats up, so deduz the debate over a no-fly zone. well get his views. republican senator john mccain is also ...

Its beginning to look like the government really feels like this. they now want to show that off, wolf. >> these demonstrators not only in zawiya but lets say in tripoli, professing their love for gadhafi. are these rent-a-crowd demonstrators, or are these libyans sincerely in love with gadhafi? >> reporter: its interesting, wolf. we talked today with somebody who is against gadhafi here. he describes these people as being naive, foolish, poorly educated. he says for 40 years hes managed to inst...