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as long as he he continues to maintain control of his army, which he does, and the capital of damascus, it seems like he s still in control. what s interesting today. a member of parliament resigned saying the government was unable to take care of his people. and comes from dara, where the protests actually began and there are a lot of senior members in assad s army that comes from the town of dara. the province of dara. we ll have to see if any of them defect. if that happens, that could be significant in the battle to bring down assad in that country, kell. kelly: and keeping us up-to-date on the fluid situation taking place in syria, she s reporting live from jerusalem. thanks. jamie: go to libba, the pentagon announcing the first predator drone strike in libya and from the fox news team on the ground, a strike a few hundred yards from gaddafi s compound in tripoli. and david lee miller from libya, go. reporter: jamie, let s first start with the drone
witnesses are telling cnn security forces that security forces opened fire from roof topses to, killing protesters who turned out to mourn dozens who were killed on friday. yesterday s crackdown was one of the bloodiest battles yet. nearly 80 people were killed. meantime, the pentagon confirmed the u.s. has launched its first predator drone strike in libya. details are scant, but nato said the air strike destroyed a multipet rocket launcher outside of misrata and that the rocket was being used to target suvilians. and a rebel victory in the key coastal city. opposition leaders say they have successfully pushed gadhafi s
shepard: for a month the united states has not carried out a single predator drone strike in pakistan s northwest tribal region. that is sparking speculation that the pause could be tied to the arrest of an american embassy employee. it happened if january. pakistani police arrested raymond davis, here is the perp, a former special forces soldier who united states officials call a member of the embassy s administration and technical staff. the united states says davis shot and killed two would be robbers in self defense and pakistan should release him because of immunities but a number of pakistani officials want to try him in court. that is around the time the
very much alive. in january on the intelligence site in this country, they felt a predator drone strike killed the taliban leader but this is in dispute. a u.s. official said today what they would like to see now is proof of life, maybe an interview or statement from mehsud because as they said, he s the type of guy that there s never a camera he met that he has not liked. sounds like people we no. this hit with a drone strike was in january. i remember the headlines. it was a big deal. it was a very big deal. it was a u.s. drone strike. significant thing is that the tempo of the drone campaign in the tribal areas of pakistan continued between administrations. there s been an uptick in the strikes. they can be very effective but it s not always so easy to