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Jurisdiction should take over, an investigation should be conducted and ideally we'd see preparations made for democratic elections in libya. >> getting back to what chris mentioned, that gadhafi could remain in power even after all of this, president obama has said that it's time for him to go and now you have the attacks on libya. if he's still in power after all this, will that make the united states look weak? >> well, he won't be in power, i don't think, after international criminal court investigation, because i think he'll be indicted, and if there's a democratic election head, he won't...

The coalition has nine other members and nato may take the lead, though that is a delicate issue and far from resolved. in the meantime, libyan fighters have not gone away. we've heard from misrata, east of tripoli, that gadhafi's tanks and snipers have unleashed, quote, absolute destruction and carnage. a spokesman says they're shooting people in the street. a poll shows support for the mission x,. 70% do not favor sending in ground troops. i want to turn to cnn's nic robertson, who is in the libyan capital and who saw the bombed-out compound for himself. nic, tell us about that and tell us...

Place that have created one of the most powerful international consensuses around the isolation of mr. gadhafi. and we will continue to pursue those. but when it comes to our military action, we are doing so in support of u.n. security resolution 1973, that specifically talks about humanitarian efforts, and we are going to make sure that we stick to that mandate. i think it's also important, since we're on the topic, that i have consistently emphasized that because we're working with international partners, after the initial thrust that has disabled gadhafi's air defenses, limits his ability t...

Of the cruise missiles. how accurate are these? >> i think we saw last night, how accurate they are, a building in the middle of the compound for gadhafi, two tomahawk missiles came through the roof. it wasn't a targeting of the compound but a specific building within the compound. both missiles came through the top. if i were a gadhafi command and control person somewhere across the country and i saw that this happened, i wouldn't sleep in a building at all tonight. >> i think it was a message. >> it's a message that the missiles are accurate. >> what about civilian casualties? the u.s. and c...

Hasn't been heard from since his weekend vow of a long, drawn-out war. and coalitions strikes continue, a senior american commander says they are generally achieving goals in libya. general ham, general of the u.s. african command says the main focus of the mission continues to be to protect libya and civilians. he says there is no communication with rebel forces and also says that gadhafi's forces are showing little will or capacity to fight and are moving south away from the main opposition city of benghazi. anti-government protests unfolding elsewhere in the region. thousands of demonst...