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Fighting age. that's all we know. that's all we could see. that was a couple of the bodies. the government hasn't been able to show precisely, concisely and decisively in any way that they have had civilian casualties. it's not to say that it hasn't happene happened. >> arwa, do the rebel commanders care if the u.s. or nato is in control of this operation? >> reporter: no, wolf. they don't. there's one thing they care about. that is that the operation continues. they still desperately are going to need the no-fly zone. they are still going to need the ongoing air strikes. so that is the one ma...

The secretary-general is shuttling between the french delegation, the turkish delegation, it's incredibly fluid. he's trying to see if he can salvage a statement that nato will take this over. at issue, wolf, the sequencing, how quickly the u.s. can turn over command to nato and make sure this isn't staggered. the turkish delegation saying, look, stay tuned to see if they can put this through this evening. if not, secretary clinton scheduled to make a statement this hour. >> she's probably waiting to see if rasmussen, the nato secretary-general will make a statement first, and then she'll foll...

Put somebody else in charge right now, yet we very much want you to assist. >> to american troops like reporting to a french general in effect? >> they won't. they won't. a staff officer will, but the command lines will be u.s. through all the way up through the u.s. the u.s. does not subordinate its commands. >> in fato takes over, does that effectively reduce the scope of this operation, given the fact that turkey, germany, some other allies aren't happy with the broad nature of this operation? >> i think the attempt is to align what the u.n. mandate says with the applicational force. the co...

Have pledged to contribute to this protection of civilians in libya. >> so the operation will be consistent with what's been going on for the past week, almost a week. in accordance with the united nations security council resolution 1973. it will not only create a no-fly zone, but will use all necessary means to protect civilians in libya. is that correct? >> what we have decided is that nato will enforce the no-fly zone. we are considering whether nato should take on that broader responsibility. but that decision has not been made yet. >> well it sounds like there is a dispute among the nato...

Designed to protect civilians. >> wolf, as long as the operation is in place. as long as there's international intervention the opposition forces are happy. what is remarkable is the critical fact that continues to be ignored. that's the stated intention, the stated mission of these opposition forces. they want to continue to fight. they want the war. they want toic that this war to moammar gadhafi and his regime and topple them. that's something usually buried in the headlines when you hear about the score keeping of this battle, all the details of this combat. these opposition forces want a ...