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Isa. >> whats worrying is that some militias in several libyan cities have declared allegiance to isis even describing some of the young men as knights and promising more attacks. >> reporter: exactly. this is what we have seen over the past few months. its not only these various jihadist groups we have seen taking hold in libya. in recent months we have seen a number of groups in the three different provinces of libya pledging allegiance to isis. and also very worrying has been the high profile...

Very similar to the style of the beheading videos we have seen come out of isis in other parts like syria and iraq. a lot of concern about the growing threat and also about the fact that not much is being done, at least publicly to address the threat coming from libya that is not only threatening the neighboring countries, but also europe right across the mediterranean. >> she is in us for baghdad. she has covered libya extensively over the past few years. thank you very much. with rival facti...

Enough? will it be in time? and in particular, given that the president of the united states went beyond the u.n. resolution to say that he wanted to see libyan military forces withdraw from central libya. >> you are saying its a month perhaps has passed by where the no fly zone could have been implemented. it could have been a process of coalition building. >> thats the issue. how fast could this have been done. support given our recent history with iraq. could we have gotten it. im not blaming...

We understand there is an interest in gaining access. i think its difficult for anybody. the same breath with libya, for example, or with another middle eastern situation. each of these situations poses its own questions and its own challenges for the united states as well as for israel. i dont think anybody would be very sorry to see mr. gadhafi disappear from the situation. >> and the space shuttle

Continues with you, chris cizzilla and with chuck todd and all the rest of us. thank you so much. that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow john thune, former congresswoman jane harman, my klieg colleague tamron hall has a look whats next on "news nation." in our next hour, developing right now on capitol hill, the senate is getting close to voting on those two competing bills to fund the government. neither expected to go very far, but there is some heated de...

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