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Retreat by the rebel forces in the face of resurge agent libyan forces in the past two days. -- is it a smart or reliable strategy? absolutely not. it is fraught with danger, because eastern libya in particular the town between benghazi and the egyptian border is a hotbed of islamism and well diagnosticmented ties to al-qaeda. this was a -- well documented ties to al-qaeda. >> greta: has anyone identified who the rebels are? we had that discussion there might be a flicker of al-qaeda that sent e...

I just found out a short time ago that they arrived there several weeks ago, which means that while the debate was happening back here about should the u.s. get involved, how should the u.s. get involved, there were already cia personnel on the ground in libya -- >> what were they doing there? >> a lot of it was outreach. frankly, we know so little about who these rebels are. a lot of what we know is worrisome. they come from a part of libya that is known for being a hotbed of islamic extremism....

Discourse. we now know that there are islamic radicals who are coming in to join with this as well as islamic radicals in eastern libya, a hotbed of recruitment of jihadists to head to afghanistan and iraq who may in fact get access to very dangerous weapons that could be used elsewhere. >> given the current economic climate, dana, i suspect there are lots of questions about the financial cost of this operation. >> there were, a lot of questions. defense secretary gates said very clearly this. h...

Briefing because we are told that there is a lot, a lot of opposition to the concept of arming rebels. listen to what one lawmaker, jeff davis, of kentucky just told me coming out. >> i strongly oppose arming the rebels because in that complex tribal patchwork that makes up this insurgency, its very uncoordinated. there are significant amount of air defense systems that are portable, that are on the ground, that we know from public discourse. we now know that there are islamic radicals who are c...

Today as demonstrators show their support for the opposition forces in libya. secretary of state hillary clinton met with envoys from over 40 countries in london today to discuss the coalitions military action and the need for political solution in libya. in libya, heavy fight willing between government forces and the rebels continues. in iraq, at least 45 people were killed when militants stormed a government building and took several people hostage. it happened in the northern city of takr...

The news, japanese officials say a previous radiation reading was a mistake. it showed radioactive water in the reacts cooling system testing ten million times higher than unusual. robert gates says he does not think libya is vital interest to the u.s. but he adds that the nation is part of a region that of american interest. >> gregg: new developments in yemen today, islamic militants taking over a weapons factory and capturing strategic territory. yemen is a hotbed for al-qaeda acting as a sta...

Need to get become to washington from recess, and agree on something and go ahead and physically write up complicated legislation to get it through both louses and gets the president to sign it, all by april 8th which is the friday after next. guys? >> and congress moves efficiently, so should be in problem. >> and now headlines. fierce fighting in libya continues as mass protests spread throughout the entire region, and, in yemen, thousands of antigovernment protests hitting streets and the pre...

Now the regime of president bashar al assad has promised to make concessions the people, announcing a 30% pay increase, more freedom for the media,ol b the violence today shows just how desperate the situation still is. next we want to go to yemen where violent clashes are roarking troark i rocking the capital. its the ancestral home of osama bin laden and a hotbed of al qaeda activity. instability in yemen could create a failed state where al qaeda could flourish and the white house is watchi...

Hotbed of anti-regime sentiment there. and it was noticeable that the government officials werent getting any help from local people around there to try and locate the house. and eventually we went back to the hotel. we came back to the hotel after an hour because the government officials could not find this house that they claimed had been hit in a coalition strike, where they claimed there had been civilian casualties. so yet get, the government failed to show -- to match their claims that the...

Prove to be. were zeroing in on three other countries as well, yemen, egypt and syria. i want to head to yemen first, a country that could gain steam as a dangerous hotbed for al qaeda. michael holmes is here to talk about the looming threat and the unrest that this country poses. yemen was on our radar, we realized this was back in the christmas -- the attempted christmas bombing, what many people call the underwear bomber, and we know that this is a potential threat, a hotbed for terrorist act...