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united states. >> announcer: live from the newseum in washington, d.c., "this week with christiane am amanpour, target libya" begins now. >> as we begin or broadcast, the united states is at war in a third muslim country, libya. well take you there live in a moment. abcs team of correspondents is covering every angle of the story. ill have an exclusive interview with moammar gadhafis son, and close adviser, saif. ill be joined here in the studios by chairman mike mullen. to discuss wha...

pacific. nuclear nightmare scenario in japan. how prepare sd is united states? could it happen here? libya and japan, two crises with major consequences for the united states. >> as we begin or broadcast, the united states is at war in a third muslim country, libya. well take you there live in a moment. abcs team of correspondents is covering every angle of the story. ill have an exclusive interview with moammar gadhafis son, saif. ill be joined here in the studios by chairman mike mul...

Force against its own people. this is an international military effort, urged by the libyan people themselves and by other arab nations. we are joined by several other allied partners and are committed to supporting their efforts. indeed, we continue to receive commitments of support and participation and leadership from both arab and european partners. in these early days, the operation will be under the operational command of general carter hamm, u.s. africa command and the commander of odysse...

Force against its own people. this is an international military effort urged by the libyan people themselves and by other arab nations. we are joined by several other allied partners and are committed to supporting their efforts. indeed, we continue to receive commitments of support and participation and leadership from both arab and european partners. in these early days, the operation will be under the operational command of general carter hamm and the commander of joint task force "odyssey da...

tripoli. nic, there were some reports that there were loud booming noises. now perhaps we know in large part why. perhaps as a result of those u.s. tomahawk missile strikes? >> reporter: yeah. its not possible for us to confirm it at the moment in tripoli. there certainly would be a number of targets here. the former u.s. air base east of the city here houses not only some of the private jets owned by the gadhafi family but also fighter aircraft and other military aircraft. its the mai...

a grand conspiracy organized by the united states and israel, that this is a new crusade and that is the language they are using to describe what they call the latest attack on a civilian area. >> pentagon is making it clear that the french are part of the coalition but theyre not the attacks that the french made on that he has armored vehicles earlier today was not part of operation "odyssey dawn." it began when the american ships fired the targets . general mccaffrey, how far does th...

>> the president paid tribute to those americans that lost family members from past acts terrorism by gadhafis regime and thanked the military. >> we pay trib buhl to admiral sam locklear and all of the men and women in uniform including ourle brave pilots. they executed the mission with skill and extraordinary bravery, and all of this was done without putting a single u.s. troop on the ground. >> stop. lets hear that last line one more time. >> aum ll of this was done with putting a troop on th...