that now. michael, i want you to hang tight because we re getting in the picture of one of the guards standing outside the compound just yesterday. this would have been reportedly before, do we have that photo? before that compound was hit. let s take a look at that, and mike, as we re looking at this, i want to kind of get your perspective again on covert operations there on the ground. i mean, is it possible that there s a secret mission going on and i guess anything is possible. is it likely that a secret mission might be going on to target this? well, again, going back to this question that you had about the chemical weapons, if there s an indication that he s going to go that far, he s going to start using chemical weapons, then that s the sort of step that would allow the international community, the u.s., france germany and others say that s it, he has to be taken out. as far as what goes on on the ground in terms of operations
casualties. gaddafi s compound itself is a huge, four block complex, it s like four city blocks surrounded by a 12 foot high wall. it s a big operation there and the administrative building is in ruins, but when it was hit, when it was destroyed, really, a question mark at this point, despite the government s claims. harris: yeah, very excellent points about that. pushing forward with propaganda, we should mention gaddafi has been in power there for four decades, the guy knows how to spin it. we ll see what happens. steve harrigan, thank you very much. what s the u.s. military saying about this? jennifer griffin has the latest 0en that part of the story, jennifer. reporter: one thing they re saying repeatedly, said it all day and just gone back to check again and u.s. officials, defense officials saying those were not u.s. missiles that reportedly struck gaddafi s compound. take a listen to the exchange earlier today in the briefing room when producer asked vice admiral william gor
fluid with the situation with news ever gaddafi s compound being hit the first time since 1986. not u.s. forces, but allied forces possibly. jennifer, thank you very much. i want to bring in now mike baker, a former coverts officers for a local intelligence firm. mike, how big a deal is it that the compound has been hit. well, if it s been hit it s likely they re going off a command and control facilities that s located within the compound. as steve harrigan pointed out, it s very, very large overall facility and the u.s. does have policies in place saying they re not going to target for assassination the foreign leaders and would include in the situation gaddafi. we re talking about the british and possibly the french and they re in the same boat and highly unlikely that the british and french are going off the reservation
as government officials maintain. we ve seen a great deal of anti-aircraft fire last night and tonight and what it does confirm is colonel gaddafi s whereabouts, he has not appeared on television certainly not in that compound. no casualties from that strike, instead gaddafi has been making the message to his people by telephone and those replayed on state television, the message to the coalition force, this will be a long war and that also gaddafi officials will take revenge, revenge not only in military, but civilian targets in the region as well, harris. harris: steve, earlier, we had heard reports of a second cease-fire and in fact, it broke here on fox news channel while i was anchoring earlier in the day and then nothing more about it. are you hearing anything? we did see reports of that cease-fire, actually, it was announced in this government hoe it will where i m standing by the head of libya s armed forces and it was just about 20 minutes after the announcing of the cease
fluid with the situation with news ever gaddafi s compound being hit the first time since 1986. not u.s. forces, but allied forces possibly. jennifer, thank you very much. i want to bring in now mike baker, a former coverts officers for a local intelligence firm. mike, how big a deal is it that the compound has been hit. well, if it s been hit it s likely they re going off a command and control facilities that s located within the compound. as steve harrigan pointed out, it s very, very large overall facility and the u.s. does have policies in place saying they re not going to target for assassination the foreign leaders and would include in the situation gaddafi. we re talking about the british and possibly the french and they re in the same boat and highly unlikely that the british and french are going off the reservation