equipment for humanitarian reasons. nato reports the united states will also continue surveillance operations over libya. operations which have used a number of predator drones. all of this is not cheap according to the peck. the operation in libya has cost taxpayers nearly $900 million. jennifer griffin with the news at the pentagon tonight. there are signs now that qaddafi forces are fighting back, jennifer. that s right. snipers loyal to qaddafi have positioned themselves throughout the capital. we can confirm with defense officials tonight that a scud missile was fired at about 2:15 eastern time by forces loyal to qaddafi in qaddafi s hometown of. the house intelligence chairman mike rodgers told bret baier the u.s. is concerned about thousands of shoulder fired missiles bringing down airplanes filing into al qaeda hands.
90% of contribute ptripoli. one of his three captured sons has escaped. let s he get the late frst from libya and sara sidner. first tell me what s going on there in zawiya. reporter: we were hearing a lot of loud booms, a lot of what sounded like mortar fire. there was definitely small arms fire. it sounded like this was a firefight and we went and checked it out. and we think that we have confirmed, we ve only talked to one of the rebels who has not been down at the square, but we think that it is again celebratory fire. but what they re using are things like anti-aircraft missiles. so it is very loud. it s hard to tell what exactly is going on. then we started hearing ambulances. we know zawiya has been under the control of rebels for about three days and we know that this has been a place that has been relatively rid of gadhafi forces for that period of time. and they ve pushed all the way into tripoli from here. but it is disconcerting when you start seeing tracer fire
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. first up, a tour of the world and the united states with a terrific panel. we ll tackle the euro crisis, britain, riots, the united states and much more. then what in the world? should the u.s. be taking economic queues from iran? maybe. i ll explain. next, an inside look at intelligence and the war on terror are john miller who has just resigned as one of the nation s top spooks. finally, a last look at how not to be a spy. first, here is my take. i wrote a blog post for our gps website, cnn.com/gps that has gotten a great deal of reaction. let me talk about it for a moment. it all started because i read a website that pointed out after the s&p downgrade of the united states, no country with a presidential system of government had a aaa rating from all three rating agencies. only countries with parliamentary systems have that honor with the p
and kentucky. not the natural choice you d think of from australia. interesting story all the way around. switching gears this morning to other news. u.s. military officials say libya has launched a scud missile for the first time in that six-month war. it reportedly fell in the desert and did not cause any damage. nato forces had targeted libya s scud supplies early in the war. and strong man moammar gadhafi gave what was said to be a live speech on tv though only his voice was heard. he urged libyans to fight the rebels who have in recent weeks been making some advances. al qaeda s new leader is calling for fresh attacks against america. it comes as u.s. officials have lost track of young men who may have been called to the fight and as the tenth anniversary of 9/11 gets closer. abc s chief investigative correspondent brian ross has the details. reporter: ayman al zawahiri is america s new most wanted man. and with the 9/11 anniversary approaching he had the full attention
earthquake. and the euro zone s two most important economies meet in paris today. angela merkel and nicholas and a scud landed in the desert 50 miles from the city of prega. the strike comes as rebels make progress towards ga daughterdha in tripoli. and chaining a fake bomb to a teenager s neck, as part of an ex-storgs scheme. the man, paul peters is australia but faces charges back in australia including kidnapping, breaking and entering. a milestone for minnesota