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>> welcome back to fox and friends. overnight qaddafi held off rebels in the capitol of tripoli. is libya on the cusp of civil war and how should america get involved? >> we have rei i remembered army officer for a look at the possible strategies. good morning, james. >> good to be with you. >> he is actively considering this no-fly zone over libya. even defense secretary robert gates says this is more complicated because it first involves bombing and anti war craft weaponry libya has. >> fist thing i think is hilarious on the one thing gates talk about how hard it is on the other hand what di...

This no-fly zozone. you have to be clear first of all no-fly zone is not going to stop a humanitarian crisis because there will be a civil war and it won't topple qaddafi. if you took every airplane out there would be a civil war. >> any sort of involvement with libya does have potential to turn disaster as you liken it to "black hawk down" situation. why? >> first of all if you through troops into tripoli today it would be an urban battle. united states doesn't have the intelligence. they don't know who the good guys are here. to jump into that thing makes no sense. there is at this point no ...

Both sides are dug in. the rebels are not going away. and what happened in the city you mentioned was very strange it looked like qaddafi's forces came in and won the battle. then they mysteriously retreated and left leaving everyone to know who can lay claim to a victory here? all we know is dozens of people, civilians at least were killed on saturday and warplanes were heard earlier this morning. >> bottom line on all of this, this is all leading to a major bat nell the town of surt. it's qaddafi's hometown a strategic city on the way to tripoli. we will keep an eye on this there was out t -...

Some suggest it was because of pro qaddafi forces shooting guns up in the air in celebration over victory of the rebels. that's not true they say they are forces moving closer to tripoli. >> we also need to tell you what has been going on in the city of zuea. that is vital to oil industry. a massacre what happened there when the pro qaddafi government forces opened fire on civilians. we hear of stories of them being innocently in their doorway being mowed down bodys in the street. >> being dragged from their home. >> the pro qaddafi forces have taken again and horrible, horrible witness accoun...