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The foreign minister of russia which does enjoy veto power at the security council has ruled out any foreign military intervention saying and i quote, "the libyans have to solve their problems by themselves." meantime in washington, officials have down played with the idea with the commandant of the main corps saying it is his helicopters that are the greatest threat from the air that would be affected. >>shepard: the rebels are claiming qaddafi has quietly put out fuelers about striking a deal, and it was steve's take from the ground it did not look like something that would work out but allo...

Airstrike today. >> this represents an escalation of the air war. qaddafi's bombers hit a civilian target in ras lanuf on the rebel's front lines and it shows the destruction the air force brings and the rebels have no defense against it. their air defenses are primitive, at best, and the gunners badly trained. when they cannot even see a plane. and the problem here is it is terrifying the civilian population and the rebels who say they do not want a u.s. troop here they are begging for a no-fly zone to prevent this kind of attack. you can see what it does to an entire neighborhood and not onl...

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Muammar qaddafi receiving safe passage. >> there is nothing preventing him from leaving the tent, climbing in an airplane, and leaving libya. we are going do hold him accountable. there is a commission of inquiry under the i.c.c. so my favorite becoming is a trip to the hague. >>reporter: that is a reference to the city in the netherlands that is home to the international criminal court. >>shepard: thank you, from washington, dc, thank you very much. lots of news at home, as well. the senate is expected to vote as remainly as today on two competing bills to fund our government for this fiscal ...

>>shepard: a hard thing to predict. but i wonder if you have a sense for how much of the thinking on this, the planning on this, as to do with the majority population in bahrain and saudi arabia? >>guest: well, bahrain is a more important issue because of the implications for saudi saudi arabia and because of what iran could try to do inside of bahrain so in a broader american context militarily that is significant. but not fly zone does not have much to do with bahrain. they are linked in one sense and separate in another sense. >>shepard: thank you, michael. good to hear from you. the u.n. i...