but it s been a very violent day. much more violent, much more furious than the protests yesterday. we have a final death toll we believe of six dead and 30 wounded. perhaps six different protests across the country. so it seems to have escalated significantly today. and president karzai actually put out a statement, right? what did he say? reporter: yeah, he put out a statement this afternoon. a lot of people are waiting to see what he ll say. he said he condemned the burning and he ordered an investigation into what had happened and he appointed committee of senior clerics to find out what was going on. i think the key thing was that he condemned the burning. that s actually our ben farmer in kabul there. we apologize. it s not always easy to link up technically, but we will stay with ben on this story. ben, i apologize. we lost your audio. an american woman who reported on the violence in syria has now become a victim of it. marie colvin worked for the sunday times o
disposal. this comes from a dictator who pleasantly blamed the uprising in libya on bin laden and protesters fueled by nescafe spiked by hallucinogenic drugs. on the ground in libya the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says today qaddafi is not close to a military breaking point despite nearly two weeks of all of the air strikes in a war we are carrying out there. they have significantly degraded his fire power but he is still rocking. what is the latest on the ground there, steve? it has been more of a retreat for the ledges. therebels. they are heading back towards the stronghold in benghazi where they started before the coalition air strikes began. we are hearing some of the first rounds of antiaircraft fire tonight as well as a low flying jet in the air. qaddafi government forced have been degraded by 25% but certainly not broken and the
going after our nescafe. but the pills would explain apparently where he came up with the theory, because as a los angeles times headline explained last week, quote, u.s. finds no organized al qaeda presence in libya opposition, officials say. that s the conclusion of our officials. gadhafi being outraged by terrorism is mattively ironic to say the least. anyone remember lockerbie? yeah, that was gadhafi. some conservatives have decided to believe this anywa supporting those guys. al qaeda is behind the rebellion in libya, so this no-fly zone is in fact help the muslims who killed 3,000 americans on 9/11, but helping our sworn enemies, especially if they are muslims, does not seem to be a bother to
obama s address. george zordik from think progress is drawing a different line. some republicans are pushing the idea that president obama is helping al qaeda by assisting the rebels get rid of gadhafi. now, where do they get this crazy idea that it s better to leave gadhafi in power? conveniently enough from gadhafi. gadhafi argued last month that the uprising in his country was the work of terrorists. quote bin laden, this is the enemy who is manipulating people. do not be swayed by bin laden, pretending that bin laden is again him. gadhafi also said that al qaeda was drugging libyan citizens, quote. they give them pills at night. they put pills in their drinks, their milk, their coffee, and their nescafe. i knee al qaeda was eventually
drugs in their nescafe? remember that? today libyan state tv aired this report claiming this drug, which appeared to be loaded with wash basins and makeup, was actually found to be full of hallucinatory drugs brought into the country by opposition activists, by enemies of the state. yeah, it s all a bad trip. no, it s not. check this out today from benghazi, the second largest city in libya, which is totally in rebel hands. look at this. this is from reuters. a busy intersection in benghazi at which an 11-year-old boy is directing traffic. and doing it well. taking it upon himself to direct traffic. he told reporters he has two reasons he is doing this. one, there is no traffic man and i am controlling the traffic. true enough. but two, he told reuters, i m supporting the revolution to topple gadhafi. the kid does not appear to be on dope, hallucinogenic or otherwise. this is benghazi under opposition control. the city needs traffic directed and 11-year-old ayman samir says