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Those are the pro qaddafi forces when they're hearing our nato jets flying over top, they're running, they're basically not congregating in areas where they know they're going to get attacked and now this shift is that these pro qaddafi forces are sort of huddled and hiding near civilians and these predator drones better be able to see them, spot them and fire upon them. and the less the administration talks about this, the better for the president's base because the base does not want to be involved in more military. they want less. mitt romney who will be running for president of the united ...

President obama has approved new american air strikes on gadhafi's ground forces as abc news senior foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz reports, those strikes will be carried out by unmanned predator drones. >> the predators are a very deadly and precise addition to the battle in libya. they're armed with hell fire missiles, can help protect civilians and opposition forces, which are getting hammered on the ground. these are the same kind of predators that are being used in afghanistan and pakistan to kill high-value and al qaeda and taliban targets. in fact, since 2006 more than 1,80...

Visit the rebels in that country, calling the rebels my heroes. this comes as america is deploying armed predator drones to libya to assist in nato air strikes. robert gates discussed the measure yesterday. >> the president has said where we have unique capabilities, he is willing to use those. he has approved the use of armed predators. i think that today may in fact have been their first mission. so i think that will give us some precision capability. >> secretary gates also rejecting claims the drones will increase u.s. responsibilities in libya, calling it a limited additional role. mean...

Who are badly wounded and dying, and that puts, frankly, it puts a face on it that argues that maybe we should be doing everything we can to help these people, and maybe we're not, and they're dying. harris: ambassador, it's complicated, though, suspect it? i mean, it puts a face on it, does it do anything diplomatically with regards to what the u.s. does next? >> look, there are also reports of the opposition summarily executing some of gadhafi's soldiers, the mercenaries in particular from african countries, so i don't think this is black and white. i think the legitimate american interest i...

Mike taibi, thank you very much. we'll talk about the impact of president obama's re-election chances coming up. be but there's more news, security forces firing live bullets and teargas at tens of thousands of protesters in syria. and now, the associated press reports five people have been killed on the outskirts of damascus. demonstrators have been chanting the people want the downfall of the regime. that's what people in egypt and tunisia chanted in the wave of protests that took hold there. today could be a big test for syria's president. he again promising reform to try to stop the uprisi...