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They too would become a target. the official says once that is done, once they open up an environment in which a no-fly zone could be performed, you'll see the no-fly zone enforced in a limited part of the country. it's only going to be in that northern part of libya from east to west, primarily to the west of tripoli and, obviously, to the east of benghazi. most of the flights are going to take place over libyan airspace in the area around tripoli and also in the mediterranean sea in the area around benghazi. the official says the coalition basically has two goals. one is to prevent further a...

>> chris lawrence is at the pentagon with new information on these american missiles. what can you tell us, chris. >> reporter: yeah. we're getting more information about how this operation is going to work. a few minutes ago we reported that some of the first u.s. tomahawk missiles had been launched on libya. now we can give you an idea of exactly how this is going to play out. phase one of this mission will be to degrade colonel gadhafi's air defenses. by that i mean most of the first strikes will be concentrated in two places. mostly around tripoli and misrata. that's where the first initia...

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Rick leventhal is live in neeive libya. here we are on the maybe, we're going to put the areas where we believe that qaddafi's forces are in control and the areas in red where the rebels believe they hold authority in white. what rick was describing, here's tripoli, the capitol city, misurata to the east here, there are reports that qaddafi is in control there, but also we're hearing that rebels are making ground there. what's the truth, we don't know so we'll split it half way here. sirte is qaddafi's home town, firmly in control by qaddafi forces. that will be the next flashpoint, based on t...

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