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That no-fly zone along the coast and inside libya as far south as saba. the operation named "odyssey dawn" will launch tomahawk missiles and possibly other ordinates along the coast near tripoli to spooes outheast of m. from west of tripoli over benghazi over nefara and south of saba. here's the map of libya. there are 11 ships in the mediterranean. 11 coalition ships from other countries that have committed their resources there. we have planes flying off the coast.

Got an advanced degree in technology. it's been working out -- more muscle and less fat. it's only been two years, but it's done more in two years than most cars do in a lifetime. welcome back to msnbc. i'm contessa brewer. french war planes fired the first shots over libya today taking out reportedly four tanks or armored vehicles just outside benghazi. about 20 french planes are focusing on a 90-mile radius around the rebel stronghold and a naval blockade is now in place. the u.s. military says american forces are poised to join the effort but there are no plans for u.s. ground forces to e...

Arab states would be primarily providing a political cover and an important one. in part because as you know historically the arab world has been adamantly opposed to any western intervention and they've had, the arab public have been very opposed to american intervention in iraq for one thing. so to have almost a unanimous support not only from the arab league leaders but even in public opinion accepting international intervention, that's a politically important cover and not to be under estimated. it is almost unprecedented in the arab world so it does create an opening of legitimacy in the ...

We were talking earlier about what the rebels need to strengthen their position and what they need sounds incredibly more than just a little cover from gadhafi's planes. the president has said no ground troops. we're not sending in american ground troops. is it going to be possible to get rid of gadhafi, to get rid of his forces without somebody sending in ground troops to libya? >> oh, sure. i think if we actually unleash the power of the u.s. air force and naval air power with the cover the professor so correctly points out, the apparent legitimacy of the support of the arab world, in fairly...

On the side of the people, on the side of the rebels, and people were defecting from the regime. in the last two weeks the regime has been able to put itself together and limit the defections and show that momentum was more on his side. i think the action today clearly creates a different psychological environment. it stops that momentum that gadhafi had over the past two weeks at a minimum and probably will create a different kind of momentum. what we really don't know, and let's be honest here, we don't know a lot about libya. people are talking about tribal warfare. we don't know that for s...