Obama Rushing to Find out Identities of Libyan "rebels" (military, terrorists)

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Of course, he's had over a month to make this determination and it should have been done BEFORE committing US Troops and and military assets to oust Ghadaffi. He's finally waking up to the reality that he might be arming and helping AQ.

In Libya, CIA is gathering intelligence on rebels - The Washington Post

The Obama administration has sent teams of CIA operatives into Libya in a rush to gather intelligence on the identities and capabilities of rebel forces opposed to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, according to U.S. officials.

The information has become more crucial as the administration and its coalition partners move closer to providing direct military aid or guidance to the disorganized and beleaguered rebel army.

Was that part of the UN mission?

Let's face it, without US/NATO in their fighting the fight, on the ground, the rebels can't win and THAT would be a humiliating defeat for obama.

Here's a bit of the "smart power" candidate obama talked about;

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52253.html

Backing the rebels, no questions asked

We are killing people — Muammar Qadhafi’s troops and possibly civilians through “collateral damage” — in order to put the rebels in power.

But “we do not have any specific information about specific individuals from any organization who are part of this,” according to our secretary of state.

And they might include terrorists trying to destroy our country.