it s very important for western powers to convey to the world that this is not just a western operation, arab nations are ply playing a role. still not clear if it s a symbolic role, diplomatic, financial support or military support. rehza sayah, thank so much. we ll go to italy, sicily, home base to nato base and a u.s. naval air station. right now a very strategic gathering point for countries helping to enforce the no fly zone. cnn s diana manna is at the u.s. air base in trapani joins us now. i saw an email from you about tornadoes taking off. hi, michael. in the last 15 minutes we ve just seen six tornado fighter jets from the italian air force take off and we ve been told by the air force spokesman on base that they are bound to libya. we obviously don t know the details of their deployment. you know, from the french earlier, the french forces did