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One that developed the hole on friday. forcing its crew to make an emergency landing at a military base in arizona. about 80 such planes are registered in the u.s. with southwest airlines owning most of them. back oversea, the u.s. has now shifted to a support role in libya with nato now defending depending on european fire power to protect the countrys civilians. that development comes as libyan evacuees say pro gadhafi forces are staging a massacre in the city of misrata with the army using ...

Country in a position of always being in the lead and out in front, playing more of a support role together with nato, the selected arab countries and the international community generally. >> well, let me go to richard has, youve been critical of this and called this a war of choice and see how this is unfolding. what is your take on the way this is going? >> well, it absolutely is a war of choice, gloria, my view an ill-advised one speaking personal because i dont think the u.s. interests at s...

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Countri countries like yemen. now the president and the administration are seeking his ouster. meanwhile the nato says the u.s. military will pull its planes from front line missions in libya today and shift to a support role in the conflict. u.s. air strikes were supposed to end saturday night but they say poor weather over the weekend forced them to give a 48 hour extension on the u.s.-led bombing of gadhafi forces. rebels were pushed further east out of two key oil complexes. meanwhile an env...

P.m. eastern time. you know hell be dealing immediately with this crisis. he gave a broadcast interview today on a spanish language network and he said again a land invasion, quote unquote, out of question for u.s. american forces. an exit strategy, the president says will be executed this week. we will be pulling back from much more active efforts to shape the environment, taking a more support role of things like jamming communications and intelligence gath areaing, supporting whatever forum t...

Front, playing more of a support role together with nato, the selected arab countries and the international community generally. >> well, let me go to richard haas because you have been quite critical of this. have you called this a war of choice and you see how this sun folding. what is your take on the way this is going? >> well, it absolutely is a war of choice, gloria, my view an ill-advised one speaking personally because i dont think the u.s. interests at stake are vital. they are not near...

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>> reporter: larry, they are going to be officially called advise and assist troops. theyve already started to pretty much transition in a that role for some time. it basically means the roles have flip-flopped so whereas before u.s. troops would roll out of the wire, they would stage these operations, they would kick down these doors, they would conduct the raids, the iraqis would be hanging back. now that role has flip-flopped. now its the iraqis planning the raids. now its the iraqis going in...

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