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united nations-approved cease-fire. just listen to this. one hour, the pentagon has scheduled a briefing on this operation dubbed operation odyssey dawn. meantime, the coalition is growing larger. qatar is growing the effort. the first arab nation to announce its participation. french officials say the gulf nation is offering four fighter planes. italy, spain, and canada are also taking part in the military portions of this coalition. this plan. american, french and british forces launched the operation about 24 hours ago. multiple air and missile strikes have hit libyan military targets. u.s. joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen said most of libyan air defense systems have been taken out and libyan ground forces have been hit. and the no fly zone is in effect. in a speech on state television, gadhafi vowed to fight back against what he called terrorists attacking his country. he called the strikes a confrontation between the libyan people and the quote new nazis.