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Coalition aircraft in the air and off the seas, but it really passes to the diplomats now to figure out how to move forward on this. >> but the no-fly zone is in place. it just needs tweaking, correct? >> that's the indication to us. normally there are mobile radars, radars on mobile anti-aircraft systems. we know libya has some of these. when they come up, they're a nuisance, they're a threat as admiral courtney said. prefer to fly around them rather than against them. so unless they make a nuisance of themselves, maybe they'll escape being struck. >> so where do we stand now in this battle? ...

He husband one of those many people with his eyes and ears on the ground, risking his life ads he did to you over the phone. also he managed to get those pictures out by by passing those fire walls. he was one who passional@ly believed in the cause for a free and democratic libya, and he did end up paying the ultimate price yesterday. he was killed when gadhafi forces entered the city of benghazi. he was shot by a sniper, according to his wife and supporters, when he decided to go out into a neighborhood where he had heard that rocketfire had killed a number of children. he, himself, was an ex...

You're hitting. >> it was very successful. taking out mohs of his air migs. >> reporter: by sunday it was safe for planes to fly. b-2 boxers and fighter jets. these are more mobile and went off gadhafi's ground forces, firing on tanks and even infantry units to force them back from benghazi. >> if they're advancing on to opposition forces into libya, yes, we will take them under attack. >> reporter: enforcing a no-fly zone across the country, that could cost up to $300 million a week. a limited no-fly zone over northern libya, perhaps less than $100 million a week. so the decision was made to ...

Attack. so gadhafi is apparently expecting a military response. these talking about a truce that is clearly not taking place on the ground, and is moving his forces closer and inside benghazi to try and prevent it. >> richard, do we have an idea what u.s. involvement would look like? >> reporter: the u.s. has said it will act as a supporting role that it will use enablers, aircraft carriers, intelligence support. in some cases it could even involve the u.s. military acting directly. how that will all play out, that is what is being discussed in paris right now, but if there was a need for an i...

Aren't allowing those same kind of movements to take place in their own countries. >> and what do the rebels want out of all of this? what is their ultimate goal? >> the rebels in libya clearly want to topple gadhafi's regime and they felt that they were losing, that they had lost momentum. this has been going on for five weeks now. in the first few weeks i was talking to the rebels they thought it was just a matter of days before they would be crossing the open desert and rolling triumphantly in their 4 x 4 trucks and in taxi cabs into tripoli as conquering heroes. what happened, however, was...