in custody of those rebel forces before he apparently died somehow in an ambulance on his way from sirte to misrata. what s interesting is as you know, the predator drones are not just there to fire missiles, but the primary mission is surveillance. it s very likely given the kind of intense fighting over sirte and u.s. intelligence that said moammar gadhafi is in sirte, that that predator drone was hovering over sirte when moammar gadhafi made his way into the convoy and out of sirte. it is more likely than not that the u.s. military already knew that moammar gadhafi was that n that convoy when they fired upon it. which of course raises the question about u.s. claims that they were not out to actually kill moammar gadhafi. it appears they weren t. indeed, jim. you rub shoulders with more military sources than i have
[ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could ve had a v8. shepard: libya is celebrating the former dictator s hometown and have taken over sirte and destroyed symbols of the old regime including a pyramid in green square. this comes after a bloody month long uprising that forced muammar qaddafi from power. he has not been seen since august. the country s new leaders hope to declare total victory over muammar qaddafi this a week.
of opposition fighters. we couldn t get much sleep here in benghazi because of all the celebratory gunfire and the explosion. but, carol, that celebration appears to be premature. opposition officials telling us that there s still fighting over sirte. another key town about which is about 200 miles east of tripoli which is the final destination for these rebel fighters. reza sayah, thanks. some time today, nato takes over the no-fly zone and the entire mission. chris lawrence is now at the pentagon. chris, what exactly does the transition mean to those u.s. forces taking part in this campaign? well, carol, for a lot of the pilots, the actual ground level pilots who are flying these missions, not much. they ll still get their same rules of engagement. they ll still get their same situation reps so to speak before they head out. at the higher levels, the coalition military commanders are talking and transitioning with their nato counterparts,