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Didnt get support to oust saddam hussein? >> at a point you have to take a risk that the coalition will splinter. if keeping the coalition is more important than winning the war, you have priorities back. >> if you take that, what you talk about that may have been overstated in terms of arming rebels if we lead the fight to topple gaddafi, then we really do, pottery barn rule all over again. >> if we help them depose gaddafi and run him out and including his son and nothing less than that, we ow...

Contributor and retired army gen ram russel honore to talk about the idea of arming rebels. good to see you. so if the u.s. were to supply weapons, besides giving extensive training to use them, what are your greatest concerns about this potential arrangement? >> fred, i think we need to get some boots on the ground. either from the french or the british or some other coalition member to give them the help they need to defend themselves right now and then to find some kind of sanctuary on the fa...

With opposition leaders in the last two weeks, once in paris and once in london. the question is, is this going to be another afghanistan? the blowback where we had stingers firing on our troops when the mujahadin were fighting. >> if the president is going to arm rebels we need to figure out who the rebels are and if thats going to happen, you probably need cia agents in there working it. >> that probably cant be done as quickly as is necessary to get the arms to the rebels. it really is a conu...

Facebook.com/carolcnn. and we will read more of your comments later on this hour. >> cant wait for that. all right, carol, appreciate it. >> sure. all right, here is a look at whats ahead on the rundown. arming rebels in libya, good or bad idea? if historys any judge, it could backfire. also, where would the weapons land? some fear right into the wrong hands. and an egyptian american imprisoned in syria, but charged with nothing. plus, how much is too much? traces of radiation tracked in u.s. ...

Arming the rebels. correspondent james rosen has the latest from the state department. james? >> reporter: chris, good evening. fox news confirmed that president obama has been considering a secret order known as finding to authorize broad away of covert operations in the libya. tonight reuters is reporting that the order has been signed sometime in the last two or three weeks. under heavy mortar and artillery fire, they moved east, another sign that ground forces loyal to gaddafi are strong des...

Ever can muster. the people who will win in the end. >> sean: the muslim brotherhood aligning with the egyptian military, is a good sign of where egypt is headed. i wish i were wrong. brigitte? >> you were not wrong. those of us who followed the news about terrorist organizations saw the writing on the wall. the same thing happening with libya. the muslim brotherhood has been the biggest opponents to gadhafi for the last three decades. al-qaeda has been operating in libya as well for the last 10...

Decided whether to let these operatives to actually do just that. at the same time, teams of cia agents are inside libya, trying to figure out just exactly who would get those weapons. its not sitting well right now with some. the head of nato right now who says the u.n. mandate does not allow for arming rebels, but theres been some back and forth about that. nato took over as head of the full military mission in libya today. on the battlefield, rebels continue to lose ground to gadhafis militar...

Stronger than the brotherhood ever can muster. the people who will win in the end. >> sean: the muslim brotherhood aligning with the egyptian military, is a good sign of where egypt is headed. i wish i were wrong. brigitte? >> you were not wrong. those of us who followed the news about terrorist organizations saw the writing on the wall. the same thing happening with libya. the muslim brotherhood has been the biggest opponents to gadhafi for the last three decades. al-qaeda has been operating in...

Didnt get support to oust saddam hussein? >> at a point you have to take a risk that the coalition will splinter. if keeping the coalition is more important than winning the war, you have priorities back. >> if you take that, what you talk about that may have been overstated in terms of arming rebels if we lead the fight to topple gaddafi, then we really do, pottery barn rule all over again. >> if we help them depose gaddafi and run him out and including his son and nothing less than that, we ow...

The hospital right now. in the meantime, state officials, health officials and the cdc suspect the bacteria may have directly caused these deaths. the i.v. bags have since been recalled. health officials say they no longer pose a threat to other patients. rebels are on the run now in libya. moammar gadhafis forces in a fierce battle with rebel fighters between the cities of al jawad and ras lanuf. all of this taking place in eastern libya. an offensive by gadhafi troops has forced the oppositi...