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Were because it had been shot down, it didn't dit nature and explode but did create big enough force from crashing and limited explosion that it blew the window in where we were and blew us across the room and onto the floor. so, they can be shot down by anti-aircraft gunfire but it's got to be a lucky, lucky shot. that was in daylight. it would be very unlikely, i would thij, for any gunners here who don't seem to be as well trained and sophisticated as those in baghdad to shoot one of these missiles down. >> nic robertson reporting there. the no-fly zone got backing of u.n. security counci...

But does that mean moammar gadhafi gets to stay? >> it says protect civilians under the threat of attack. if that threat is deemed to come from colonel gadhafi himself, you may see this mission expand to focus on gadhafi rather than focus on the military aspects to the east. >> but right now they don't have the legal -- the coalition, they don't have the legal objective and legal right to do that. >> well, it says under threat of attack. it's an incredibly elastic resolution. i'm not a lawyer but i would argue they can be interpreted in creative ways. i would suggest there are as many objectiv...

Forces. french planes destroyed military vehicles after libyan forces attacked the rebel strong hold of benghazi. french planes are still over libya enforcing the u.n.'s no-fly zone. >> the u.n. imposed that no-fly zone with a resolution thursday, the goal protecting civilians from attacks by the military. the u.n. said it will not stand by any longer as gadhafi kills his own people. >> this has been building since protests erupted in libya in mid-february, encouraged by other uprising in the region. protesters hit the streets demanding an end to gadhafi's four-decade reign. unlike the peacefu...

Regarding the wording. that term all necessary means to enforce the resolution. those were some of the stumbling block words regarding the last gulf war, which started with shock and awe in 2003. it's been a role reversal here. the french were not in favor of that. you remember the dramatic moments in the security council with the french foreign minister duelling with colin powell, secretary of state. now france is in the lead with the u.s. there, not as prominently but certainly providing key work. the president of the united states in brazil, which is one of the five countries that abstained...

Diplomatically it seems and now militarily. elise touched on the scope of this resolution, but what can we expect to see at least from a legal point of view from what the u.n. has approved? >> this is the document, i normally don't like to hold up props on the air, but it is amazing that this is the international law framework for what action is now possibly taking place in the skies over libya. and perhaps eventually on the ground. either going up or going down. for this resolution, it was a very quickly-deliberated on and passed by u.n. standards. stunning, you might say, for a lot of observ...