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The french have taken the first action targeting tanks or armored vehicles there in libya and the response on the part of rebels in benghazi has been cheers. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard edge is in cairo now. what do the rebels really need to regain an upper hand? >> well, that is a big question. the rebels certainly are welcoming what happened today. they thought in the early hours that benghazi was going to be overwhelmed, that their revolt would effectively be snuffed out by gadhafi's forces. now there has already been some or at least one french air strike and more coalition f...

So his armor has to get into the states some point. otherwise france and the brits, very capable air forces will start picking them off. one of the other questions in my mind is who would imagine that the saudis would actively intervene and say, even though the libyans tried to kill their king, would actively intervene in another arab country to promote the cause of liberty? same thing goes for the egyptian military. you know, we have to see what gadhafi does. he may well plunge right into these cities and try and finish them off before significant military power is brought to bear. >> general...

He said they can be effective and at least influential in what develops afterwards. the secretary of state said today, richard, that arab participation in the action in libya is absolutely crucial. general mccaffery had pointed out there is no arab participation at least when it comes to action. i mean, take for instance egypt which mccaffery called out by name. is there any way they're in a position to contribute right now? >> ah, they absolutely would be in a way to contribute. i'm in egypt, i've driven the road between egypt and the border with libya. it's full of egyptian tanks. if egypt f...

Going to have an election i hope that will lead to an elected government, the campaign is going to open up and you know the criticism of american foreign policy and western foreign policy on issues unrelated to libya are going to be there and that obviously is going to have an impact on what else the u.s. is doing in the region. >> it seems that the u.s. the ut in the middle east is always a hot political topic no matter what happens to be going on internally in countries across the middle east. we are expecting the president to speak from south america shortly, any moment now. in the meantime...

Is the first stop on his three-nation tour of latin america. >> the people of libya must be protected and in the absence of an immediate end to the violence against civilians, our coalition is prepared to act. and act with urgency. >> the latest from benghazi shows tanks approaching the city now have stopped and thick, black smoke is rising from the rebel stronghold. the international red cross is calling on all sides to avoid civilian populations and to respect international humanitarian law. allied forces are moving fighter jets and war ships into position now around libya and the united sta...