called an emergency meeting on the operation today. for more on that let's turn to reza sayah live in cairo. the arab league had supported the no-fly zone. did not like the idea that the assaults were taking place or the air drops. so the position has changed once again? >> reporter: well, for several hours, fredricka, it wasn't really clear what the arab league's position was when it comes to this no fly zone. but they held an emergency meeting and they finally, after a long time clarified their position. initially they came out and said, forget about what you heard in the earlier reports, we do fully support this no fly zone over libya. so let's move forward and start protecting the citizens of libya with the operation that's taking place. of course, earlier there were several news agencies that reported that the arab league was critical of how the no fly zone was being implemented. suggesting that it was too