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Today here in cairo, we caught up with the leader who voted in the nationwide referendum. the arab league supports the no-fly zone, but he emphasized this is not to be a military action or invasion. no one is talking about invading libya. certainly when you look at countries like france and listen to statements by french president nicolas sarkozy, the rhetoric is different. he suggests attacking targets on the ground. when you look at how the resolution is written up, it leads the possibility of attacks and targets on the ground open. it will be interesting to see how arab nations will react i...

Deadly offenses. arab people have chosen to free themselves from the enslavement in which they felt for too long. these revolts have given rise to great hopes in the hearts of all those who share the values of democracy and human rights. but they are not without risk. the future of these arab people belong to them. among the many difficulties and ordeals, they must confront the arab people. it is our duty to provide the help. in libya, a peaceful civilian population demanding nothing more than the right to choose its own destiny is in mortal danger.

Were delivered back in the 1970s and early '80s, there are some that still could cause considerable damage. that was going to be the first target of the coalition forces. >> do we know the general facility where the targets are? >> reporter: they are not specifying exactly where they are. we know most of the capability was in the western part of the country. more toward the capital of tripoli. that was his seat of power so to speak. most of them would be more toward that half of the country. >> this would corroborate some of the reports we have seen. we are trying to get in touch with nic robe...

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You so much. >> let's go to chris lawrence. what more can you tell us about these u.s. missile strikes? >> reporter: we have been able to confirm the u.s. has launched the first tomahawk missile strike in libya. colonel gadhafi's air defenses. this was going to be the first opening move in the operation to take out his air defense. it is believed that he is somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 to 50 launchers in that area. mostly concentrated in the western part of the country. although some of his capabilities to launch surface-to-air missiles were in areas that are now being controlled by the...