Page 6 - Whether Gadhafi News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Barrages going off. we haven't heard any missiles falling. the compound we were taken to was several square miles, a palace compound used by moammar gadhafi. it has multiple layers of security to get in. one of the layers you go through the carriers where the soldiers who guard the property live. then you sort of get into the middle of the compound area, which is a large open field area. we were taken to one building there that had been hit by two missiles. it appeared as if it had gone through the roof. one we were told exploded only when it got to the base of the building. four-story buildin...

There. >> the "uss mt. whitney" is a ship designed for normandy style invasion. it has the best command and control, bar none, across the globe. >> that's where it's all happening. central command. alec, good to see you. appreciate your insight. >> good to be here. in a few moments we expect could hear from president obama for the first time since u.s. forces started protecting libyan residents by force. we'll bring you his comments live from chile. earlier today, a top u.s. kmapder said the multinational campaign dthat launched saturda is generally achieving its goal. but it was not to ge...

In libya? do they expect the united states and allies to rep rebuild libya? >> i think we're not there yet and the infrastructure right now is mostly correct. they have some oil. they have exported oil. they have large foreign currency reserves. not quite like iraq in that respect but it might be like iraq in the sense that if this stalemate, and gadhafi remains in charge and he holds on to major population centers and we're on the fringes of this using air power, it might mean a prolonged stalemate. that would be very unfortunate for the international community an obviously for the people of ...

Still loyal to gadhafi. there's sort of a fear of sort of a force behind them or certainly a counterinsurgency that could be launched against them. so there are concerns about that. and they certainly recognize that if there were international boots on the ground then that could count very much against them, not only in a broader arab opinion around the region but also with libyans, that this could be used by moammar gadhafi to say, look, this is an international force that the opposition has invited in, and he'll try to rally more people in the country to his side. because, although the milit...

Campaign began, is going to take some of our questions. he's going to take questions from the media here, chilean press as well as the u.s. press and you can bet there's going to be one at least not more questions about libya. first time to quiz him on this and press him. white house aides tell us this morning again that the u.s. is going to take a lead role for only days, not weeks. but what if after just a few days here the u.s. starts pulling out of the air strikes and in a lead role and gadhafi is still in pow jer what if some of our allies don't want to continue instituting the no-fly zon...