of the six reactors in the last few hours. officials aren t sure what s causing that smoke. monday workers were evacuated from around the number three reactor for their safety. israeli warplanes fired missiles on gaza city friday, injuring at least five people. they say they were responding to recent rocket attacks on israel from gaza. they say they aimed their attacks at military installations. u.s. president barack obama continues his latin america tour in chile addressing a crowd in santiago, he spoke a little spanish, and pledged u.s. assistance on cracking down on drug and weapon smuggling. president obama is having to answer questions about the role u.s. is playing in libya. some people say it has changed since the start of the conflict. the president tried to clarify the u.s. position. i also have stated that it is u.s. policy that gadhafi needs
have. even if you arm them, doesn t necessarily make them more powerful. absolutely not. we ve seen rebels being armed and armed again in parts of world. the anti-taliban groups were armed throughout the 1990s and driven up to the north of the country by taliban itself. that shows weapons alone can t do it. you need special forces on the ground, turning them into a cohesive military force. one other caution, we also don t know who the rebels are. we know there are islamist groups in the north of lynn yeah. we know libya sent more fighters to iraqi insurgency than any other arab country. that s not to say it s some fundamentalist movement. it s absolutely not. western powers will be concerned and careful before extending full support to rebels. barack obama says this should take days, not weeks. unrealistic? absolutely. typical story from interventions. it mays months, not weeks, in fact. thank you very much. well, the unrest in libya has raised fears over the
to go. we ve got a wide range of tools in addition to our military efforts to support that policy. we were very rapid in initiating unilateral sanctions and helping mobilize international sanctions against gadhafi regime. we froze assets that gadhafi might are used to further empower himself and purchase weapons or hire mercenaries that might be directed against the libyan people. so, what s the end game in the fight against gadhafi s forces? how do you actually define victory? chris lawrence tells us more about how the pentagon sees that. reporter: u.s. commanders say when american troops finish their fight in libya, moammar gadhafi could still be standing. that ideal? i don t think anyone would say that that is ideal. but i could envision that as a possible situation, at least for
but he s speaking specifically of the military mission, and that does not include deposing libya s leader. meanwhile in europe the question of who is in charge is being asked. fran s military action has attracted criticism if some quarters while britain s david cameron insists coalition to protect civilians is legal and necessary. we re joint by jim bitterman in paris. jim, let s begin with up. ba is being said about fran ace role right now? the initial onslaught of military agz has been criticized that france went on without really consulting coalition partners. now if term of who is in charge, what are people in france saying? well, that s a good question. the question being asked this morning about who exactly is running the show, whether it s washington or whether it s europeans or whether some think it should be nato. in any case, yesterday i had a
under that protect civilian clause. reporter: so, what will the coalition do if the rebels go on the offensive? try to take back territory. if they become the danger to civilians. so, this will become a particular challenge for us. should that should that eventuality occur. reporter: it s not even clear how far they ll go to fight gadhafi forces. they say they have bombed infantry units but tears no intent to completely destroy the libyan military forces. reporter: for now they re focused on extending no-fly zone to benghazi and eventually enforcing it over the western half of libya. that s about 1,000 kilometers so it s a pretty wood area. general carter ham says he can see a situation where the conflict ends at a stalemate and gadhafi stays in power.