Libyas Rebels News Today

worth has destroyed about 30 homes already. it threatens many more. this is so big, the fire is so big and intense that firefighters havent been able to contain any of that. right now crews are getting people out of its way and trying to protect the homes still standing. the fire has burned nearly 8,000 acres. air tankers are expected to drop water on the fire today. it is unclear how this fire started, but the epic drought and the heat may have made this the worst fire season in texas...

Feels fine and she was joking around on twitter. cia operatives are now on the ground in libya, gathering intel on military strikes and anti-government forces. the presence of the cia could open the door to arming libyas rebels, but the united states has not made a firm decision to move forward. in a hearing before the house armed services committee today, joint chiefs chair mike mullen said moammar gadhafi continues to turn on his own people. >> he still denies his own people food, water, ele...

In terms of these options leaders and forces. to try to figure out who can be trusted, and in the eventually that some of them may be armed, who you would give those arms to. so they would not be turned against either the u.s. or coalition forces or our friends in the region at some future date. >> jim miklaszewski, thank you, jim. >> contessa, one more thing? >> yes, sir. >> something very interesting out of the testimony today from secretary gates. he said when asked about arming the rebels th...

They were outside of sirte two days ago. they hit that wall of fire. it was as much local militias as anything else. these were armed civilians running around in jeeps and pickup trucks, looking very much like the rebels, by the way, who actually ambushed the rebels as gadhafis heavy weapons were pushing them back and back and back. so now theyre in ajdabiya. rebel leaders are pleaing for anti-tank webs, for shoulder-fired rockets. but looking at the footage and great reporting richard is doing ...