not strike any targets today that they did not open fire on loyalists targets in libya. so perhaps this is a reconnaissance mission enforcing the no fly zone. we don t have details on that yet. we do know from the italian defense minister, that italy will make available eight tornado fighter jets for the coalition mission in libya. he said that that would happen after midnight. it seems to have happened a little earlier. and also on this base, the canadians have sent seven f-18s to participate in commencing the 240 fly zone. and they re here and we ve spoken to their p.a.o., their public affairs officer and they said they re also preparing for a possible deployment tonight. and something we were talking about with reza, the canadians, the french, the italians, the americans involved. the crucial thing is going to be seeing some arab planes up in the air.
called an emergency meeting on the operation today. for more on that let s turn to reza sayah live in cairo. the arab league had supported the no-fly zone. did not like the idea that the assaults were taking place or the air drops. so the position has changed once again? reporter: well, for several hours, fredricka, it wasn t really clear what the arab league s position was when it comes to this no fly zone. but they held an emergency meeting and they finally, after a long time clarified their position. initially they came out and said, forget about what you heard in the earlier reports, we do fully support this no fly zone over libya. so let s move forward and start protecting the citizens of libya with the operation that s taking place. of course, earlier there were several news agencies that reported that the arab league was critical of how the no fly zone was being implemented. suggesting that it was too