national council, the main objective of the libyan people and it is the removal of gadhafi and his regime. and that of gadhafi and his regime, removal. reporter: with the rebels pushing west, gaining momentum and territory, a libya without gadhafi appears more likely by the day. whether democracy will follow is far from clear. libya has long been a patchwork of tribes and rival sects kept largely intact in the grip of gadhafi s autocratic regime. although they ve joined hands in a common quest, two of the opposition s leaders have already criticized one another. it s normal. i mean this difference is normal. this is what we like. for 42 years, we have unified opinion and nobody express their opinions. we didn t have this freedom. so i.d. good. it s good to have rivalry. reporter: the opposition says the path to democracy won t be easy, but whoever derails it, they say, will face what colonel gadhafi is facing now.
hit japan on march 11th are now known to have killed nearly 11,000 people. israel deployed a rocket shield near gaza but the military says israelis under fire from the gaza strip may not be completely safe. a battery of radar-guided momentums nicknamed the iron dome isser in beersheba. it s to track to intercept missiles in midair. angela merkel s conservative christian democratic party suffered big losses and is poised to lose its grip on power. the southwestern state of baden verten berg has been ruled by them for more than half a century. early results say they failed to gain a majority and now the greens are expected to form a coalition. for the first week of international action over libya it was a u.s.-led coalition directing air strikes and cruise
the day. whether democracy will follow is far from clear. libya has long been a patchwork of tribes and rival sects kept largely intact in the grip of gadhafi s autocratic regime. although they ve joined hands in a common quest, two of the opposition s leaders have already criticized one another. well, it s normal. i mean this difference is normal. this is what we like. for 42 years, we have unified opinion and nobody express their opinions. we didn t have this freedom. so it s good. it s good to have rivalry. reporter: the opposition says the path to democracy won t be easy, but whoever derails it, they say, will face what colonel gadhafi is facing now. we broke the wall of fear