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for moammar gadhafi has spread way down south into this cluster of outposts in the sahara desert. what you see right there, bombs. those are bombs going off at an airport seized by the rebel are s. libyan rebels are taking on hard-line gadhafi loyalists hundreds of miles south of tripoli. this fire fight, you see and hear it, ben wedeman found himself right in the middle of it it. ben is live for us now. as i said, hundreds of miles south of tripoli, way out in this desert, just after 9:00 p.m. local time. ben, before we get to that fire fight, just tell me where you are and tell us ...

Long period of time, that is the problem, but unfortunately, most people want perfect clarity in a situation where clarity doesn't exist. >> let me ask you what you thought. in the open, we did a setup. on monday, the president saying things going really well. and on tuesday and wednesday, gadhafi back in full force. and by the end of the week, we're going okay, no more strike missions, no more tomahawk missiles from the ships. and the timing seems terrible. right when he's back and moving. was that a mistake? the politics of u.s. not wanting to be in the lead. the question is whether the timi...

Long period of time, that is the problem, but unfortunately, most people want perfect clarity in a situation where clarity doesn't exist. >> let me ask you what you thought. in the open, we did a setup. on monday, the president saying things going really well. and on tuesday and wednesday, gadhafi back in full force. and by the end of the week, we're going okay, no more strike missions, no more tomahawk missiles from the ships. and the timing seems terrible. right when he's back and moving. was that a mistake? the politics of u.s. not wanting to be in the lead. the question is whether the timi...

To negotiate a way out of the international impasse over libya's involvement in downing pan am 103 in lockerbie, scotland. so he's trusted. and therefore, you know, he was close to the leadership. he's also seen as a man who wanted to make these reforms and reach out to the west and wanted to change the regime and bring this country in from the cold and seemed to be successfully doing that for a while. so this would have been a person who seems to have been a, chose to leadership, b, a reforming influence. now he's gone who's to hold gadhafi back from the worst of his excesses allowing his arm...

Reasserting control of the air. >> so i want to read something to you from "the new york times" friday. it was from a former nato commander. he wrote this. we should never begin an operation without knowing how we stand down. we did a no-fly zone over iraq for 12 years. it did nothing to get rid of saddam. so why do we think it will get rid of gadhafi? now, clearly, they said over and over again the mission isn't to get rid of gadhafi. but if the mission is to keep gadhafi from attacking his people, doesn't this seem like a fly over with no end? >> well, it will be -- it is a flyover which is ...