arab support? well it certainly had saudi support given the conflicts in the past. it certainly had the support of the arab league and it had the support of quat ar and united arab em rats. there may have been undeclared support from other arab governments who would have been extremely happy to see gadhafi go. it certainly had the support of large segments of arab populations, not just in libya but elsewhere in the arab world, although some arabs do feel skittish about the fact that it took the help of nato for the libyan rebels to be able to topple the gadhafi regime. will this give impetus to syria and other countries, will they take heart in this or is there another signal being sent? it depends on which way you look at it.
barbara starr is hearing tonight from her sources of preparations for perhaps a final last stand by the libyan dictator. barbara, when you talk about a last stand, what are your sources telling you? well, they say that there is some indications they believe an assessment, if you will, that kad could be preparing for a last stand that it possibly would of course be in tripoli, his last major strong hold where he has some capability. what they don t know is what would this last stand look like. they re looking at the notion it could be scud missile launches, it could be an all-out military assault on on libyan civilians. they do not know. but that is the major concern at this hour. no firm indications that gadhafi yet is ready to pack up and go, in a maybe he plans one last effort before he finally decides. so it thif that is the worry there any sense that the united states would encourage its nato allies to give him a shove before he can lash out? you bet. the question i
attacks. it would mean al-qaeda would have a more fertile breeding ground in both areas. and it is in our interests to see gadhafi go. then give the responsibilities to our europe boone allies who have much more at stake than the libyans do. by the way, the transitional national council has offered to repay us for the cost that we have incurred in helping them in their effort to become independent. greta: i picked mexico as a hypothetical. they haven t risen up like the people of libya maybe perhaps it is such a daunting operation and their government is trying to fight the war on drugs. terrible, 40,000 people killed since december of 2006. i guess i m trying to figure out, yes they rose up. yes pan am 103, we sort of look the other way when scotland released a master
attacks. it would mean al-qaeda would have a more fertile breeding ground in both areas. and it is in our interests to see gadhafi go. then give the responsibilities to our europe boone allies who have much more at stake than the libyans do. by the way, the transitional national council has offered to repay us for the cost that we have incurred in helping them in their effort to become independent. greta: i picked mexico as a hypothetical. they haven t risen up like the people of libya maybe perhaps it is such a daunting operation and their government is trying to fight the war on drugs. terrible, 40,000 people killed since december of 2006. i guess i m trying to figure out, yes they rose up. yes pan am 103, we sort of look the other way when scotland released a master
french investigators have now released their initial findings in the crash of that air france flight over the atlantic in 2009. it shows that both human and mechanical errors caused the crash. the details, though, are chilling. investigators say the plane climbed to 38,000 feet to avoid turbulence, but the engines then stalled and they say the plane then plummeted for three and a half minutes before crashing into the ocean. 228 people died in that crash. the president and other world leaders have new hope that russia may get into it and help get gadhafi to leave libya to end the standoff that the president s republican opponents are also already trying to make into a campaign issue. republican presidential hopeful tim pawlenty today on morning joe. the united nations has now tied his hands through this resolution that limits his options to make gadhafi go very quickly or very easily. i would have never supported our options to the united nations, i would have kept the