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1/2 years ago. a supply-demand imbalance. we have to get the supply up or were going to face ever increasing oil prices. >> as i look at that chart, you see that it goes up precipitously over, above libya. it just spikes up. libya only produces 2% of the worlds oil. why is the effect so great? is this uncertainty and fear youre talking about? >> it is a compounding effect. what happens is, it is not just libya. it is the seven other countries in the middle eastern region where all bets are off. ...

Stronghold of the taliban, marjah. about 125,000 people live here. this is an opium-producing area, so its been a source of funding for the taliban and weapons-running here. what is the plan for attacking it while keeping the civilian casualtys to a minimum? they are going to circle the city first, then theyll strike in with helicopters from different sites outside and with specialized strike forces, increasing pressure on the inside. trying to keep down civilian casualties and put pressure on t...

Troops have been in this country. up here along the pakistan border and down in the south. that is where the taliban is strong. as you can see in the red sections here. and now theyre going after a real stronghold of the taliban, marj marjah, this is an opium-producing area. so its been a source of funding for taliban, also for weapons running here. what is a plan for attacking it while keeping the civilian casualties to a minimum? well, the idea is theyll circle first and strike in with helicop...

Attacking it while keeping the civilian casualties to a minimum? the idea is theyre going to circumstance it will city first and then theyll strike in with helicopters from different sites outside and with specialized strike forces increasing pressure on the inside, trying to keep down civilian casualties and yet put pressure on the taliban. maybe the pressure makes them flee. maybe they stand and fight. well find out. we do know already that there are targets here that really matter a great dea...