their own confirmation. so all that now on the table at 9:33 here in new york. martha. martha: for more on these development, huge developments this morning, we want to bring in waleed faris, middle east terrorism analyst and author of the coming revolution and struggle for freedom in the middle east, wally, good morning, can you hear me okay? i can now. martha: your impressions of what we re watching on the streets of libya this morning. we are watching the end of a major chapter in the history of the middle east. qaddafi came to power in 69, i was 12 years old when that happened. now, after all these decades of bloody involvement, he repressed his own people and he was involved in international terrorism, including against americans, the pan am tragedy, against the french, against our europeans, he was involved in the continent of after cash now this is over, his regime is over, but his remnants probably will continue at some point in time to play the role of
ago, the rebel fighters celebrating the demise of the dick at that timor that ruled with an iron fist over these people for 42 years. bill: we start to start with tripoli, david piper has been there for six weeks, reporting on all the developments and the latest developments now. david. reporter: well, bill, from what we re hearing from the information minister, from the national transitional council, he s going on the record to say qaddafi is dead, and libyan tv is now broadcasting a picture of someone who looks like qaddafi, blooded. the report we ve got over the past hour suggest from different sources that he was wounded during the fight for sirte, his home town which has now fallen this morning and a convoy was leaving, perhaps 100 vehicles, trying to escape the city, and there are reports that there was a nato strike on that convoy, and some revolutionaries on the ground say that he was wounded or perhaps now even killed in that nato air strike, but of course, that is
struggle for freedom in the middle east and in the interest of full disclosure, mr. faris is an adviser to the mitt romney campaign. good to see you. the united states does virtually no business with iran, so a unilateral action wouldn t achieve very much, it mings you means you have to bring european allies and russia and china on board with any meaningful sanctions, but the russians and chinese have never done it before, they re unlikely to do it again, already, they re expressing deep skepticism about this alleged plot. so in the end, won t any effort at serious sanctions prove futile? at the end of the day, first of all, we should begin with disclosing information about the iranian plot, take it to the security council, and the security council, even though russians and chinese may not be with us in additional important sanctions, at least they won t be against us. the second, most importantly, gregg, here, is that the game changers in iran are not going to be
american soil, maybe ploa up a couple of embassies, and of course the iranians continuing to pursue their rogue nuclear program. meanwhile in syria, bashar al assad s repressive government continues to crack down on the protestors, human rights groups say syrian forces killed 3000 people there this year. right now, on capitol hill, there is a hearing going on, dealing with just how the united states should respond to the twin threat posed by these two nations. here s house foreign affairs committee chair elena rothleiten pressing the obama administration on how to respond. let me be blunt, this plan, murder for hire, must serve as wake up call regarding the determination and capability of thean regime. if the regime feels secure enough in planning a u.s.-based attack now, imagine how much more blait nt its aggression will be if it had nuclear weapons. reporter: waleed faris is fox news middle east and terrorism analyst, author of the coming revolution,
negotiated with the russian and chinese and there s an important player, turkey, so the turkish government can do a lot if we convince them they are the ones who should begin that pressure. gregg: you have suggested that in iran, we help the people there overthrow its government. what about helping the indigenous population of syria, what can we do, can we do anything? absolutely, the youreans, and we are on that direction as well, we have recognized the council of syria. what we need to do is start to give them visibility, support. the syrian opposition is serious about uprising and we need to support them in that. gregg: waleed faris, thank you. jenna: presidential candidate herman cain, getting a lot of credit for that 999 plan, but he has a summer economic adviser, a key player in this plan, his name is rich lowry and he s joining us next. plus it s been 30 years since serial killer john wayne deacy lured young men