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The asian people behind them, african people, people from the middle east, even from europe. so what we make of what he's saying here, he is trying to build an image of himself and the country under justified attack. and let his country know they have support way beyond his borders. obviously, there will be many people here in libya who don't particularly trust that message, but there will also be a large number of people who will believe that and listen to them, and that's what he is counting on, building that base at this time. >> and the activity that's taking place this morning. there are ...

Missiles and coalition airplanes. the bulk of more than 100 missiles fired at strategiic ta guess came from the american navy. u.s. president obama who was in brazil for trade discussions talked about the discussion to take military action. >> the u.s. of force is not our first choice. and it's not a choice i make lightly. but we cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people there will be no mercy. >> to take a look now at this map. this gives you an idea of where coalition strikes were aimed. also the areas of the no fly zone. the main areas are interest are been goes benghazi and the h...

Gadhafi's forces. we were first hearing forces were stationary, about 60 miles west of benghazi. next thing we knew, there were tanks coming into benghazi. probably a reconnaissance element, the old soviet doctrine that we believe libyans were trained in. they would have put a probe in, either tanks got knocked out or pulled back. it wasn't a serious sustained effort. and it was after that effort began that the french came in and struck the libyan tanks, and so thus far, we're not hearing of more conflict in benghazi today, and so thus far, that french action was successful in dissuading an at...

Go back in there as they did yesterday, even before the complete no-fly zone is put into place by the coalition. >> general, do you have any kind of time table in your own mind of how much -- i guess a clock that might be ticking down. how much time you need to take to take out gadhafi's forces and those -- and some of those specific targets there before he is able to regroup or at least have the appearance of having some kind of a victory to the world community? >> well, most of these radar sites and missile sites are fixed. some are mobile. the fixed sites, you can hit them again and again a...

Military -- not just the u.s., but also coalition forces will be safe to fly over. that is the main target. they are also thinking about trying to disable communications as well on the ground in libya. you're talking about a leader who is basically savvy and is trying to move a lot of his resources and force it into major cities. the u.s. and coalition forces do not want to target, of course, innocent civilians. that will be a challenge, looking ahead. >> sandra endo, from the pentagon today. we appreciate you as always. thank you. his defiance led to strikes against his country. now moammar...