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Ras lanuf and there is a smattering of oil fields there, and this is a significant development, production there is running at 25% of the unusual capacity and you can understand what the capacity will be on the oil markets when they get the news and all the momentum building to punish muammar qaddafi. lieutenant colonel oliver north joins me, host of ""war stories"" and the fox news military analyst who had his own dealings with muammar qaddafi over the years. welcome and good to have you here. >> great to be with you. martha: talk to me about the significance of this. the word an interim ruli...

So that's really all to the plus. and that's certainly what the pentagon wants to take advantage of right now. but these older men that are at the top, field marshal tantawi, general enan, names that we will come to know and recognize said to be running egypt, at least said to be before there are election, what pressures will be on them? how much will they really be able to satisfy the demands of the protest ers and get egypt through this transition period? a lot of uncertainty. and uncertainty still, randy, of course, filtering throughout the region. jordan has issued right now. and we have s...

Obviously mubarak is gone. that is a huge change. but this control structure is basically what has been running egypt since the early 1950's when they overthrew the king. they said they want a transformation to democracy but the military thinks it is the central source of order and stability in the country and i could -- do not believe they will withdraw from the scene. who can tell how this will work out? >>alisyn: it sounds like this egyptian military counsel in charge is not known for being great reformers. in fact, there are wikileaks cables suggesting they have been reluctant to change or...

Week when they allowed the pro-mubarak thugs into tahrir square. it seems like a while ago. the question now it seemed earlier today like they were kind of tilting in the direction of the protesters and now we're going to test that proposition. now that mubarak has said what he did, are they really tilting in the favor of the protesters or continue to act in this neutral manner? >> can i just -- >> i was going to ask you a question. i always say stop worry about things that won't matter a month from now. personal advice i give myself. stop worry about things that won't matter a month from now....

That shows a breakdown of local control, of sight control. but the army has remained steadfast. and this is going to be the ticket to stability no matter who is running egypt later on. if the army starts to fall apart, if the crowd then starts to turn on the army, if there is a tiananmen square-type event, then you're in big trouble and all bets are off. >> reza, you were talking earlier about how you were on your way to egypt, literally on your way to the airport on friday and you got the call from state, right? saying i think it's probably best you not come. did we not see this coming? >> i ...