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but in the case of one of the groups that gadhafi really harassed was the libyan islamic fighting group which has changed its name but they were fellow travelers and they were for a brief time associated with al qaeda. they are not al qaeda today. most of the leaders have repudiated the al qaeda connection. but they are allied with some of the youth leaders and some of the others that are part of the equation. so we're not going to be able to make a neat, clean cutaway from these groups. >> bob baer, history has shown the enemy of our enemy is our friend policy never works out for the united states in the long run. >> no, there will be blowback from libya for a very long time. as steve said, the muslim brotherhood, if there's any organization that can bring it together, it's them. and we're going to expect them to be showing up a lot more. gadhafi emptied his prisons out and a lot of these people have run to benghazi and are joining the opposition. so he's absolutely right, it's not going to be a neat break. >> let's talk about what may be the biggest development of this uprising so far

in libya the only opposition group in recent history is the lifg, the libyan islamic fighting group, a radical faction that has been waging jihad against the gadhafi regime following the 9/11 attacks against the united states it was banned worldwide by u.n. resolution 1267. it it is my understanding the lifg is aligned with aigm. in a call earlier this month "the new york times" noted libya is not a nation. there isn't any loyalty to libya. it is a collection of 140 different tribes. much more like iraq. sir, are we now aiding and abetting the same organizations that we are fighting in afghanistan and iraq? >> to be honest, other than relevant handful of leaders, we don't have much visibility and to those who have risen against gadhafi but i think that in a way speaking of the quote/unquote opposition is a misnomer because it is disparate and very scattered. each of these towns that rose up in the west and where resistance has been quelled basically did so on their own and you didn't see people going from one town to the next to share in the fight and, frankly, that's one of the prob

in libya the only opposition group in recent history is the libyan islamic fighting group, a radical faction that has been waging jihad against the gaddafi regime. following 9/11, it was banned worldwide by u.n. resolutions. it is my understanding that the lifg is aligned with aigm. thomas friedman noted that libya is not a nation. there is no loyalty to libya. it is a collection of 140 different tribes and much more like a rock. are we now aiding and abetting the same organizations we're fighting in afghanistan and iraq? >> to be honest, other than a handful of leaders, we do not have much visibility into those who have risen against gaddafi. speaking of the "opposition" is a misnomer. it is very disparate. it is very scattered. each element probably has its own agenda. s that have town' risen up in the west where resistance has been " basically did so on their own. you did not see people going from one town to the next to share in the fight. that is one of the problems those who have rebelled against gaddafi are facing -- the lack of command and control and organization. there are

in libya the only opposition group in recent history is the lifg, the libyan islamic fighting group, a radical faction that has been waging jihad against the gadhafi regime following the 9/11 attacks against the united states it was banned worldwide by u.n. resolution 1267. it it is my understanding the lifg is aligned with aigm. in a call earlier this month "the new york times" noted libya is not a nation. there isn't any loyalty to libya. it is a collection of 140 different tribes. ch more like iraq. sir, are we now aiding and abetting the same organizations that we are fighting in afghanistan and iraq? >> to be honest, other than relevant handful of leaders, we don't have much visibility and to those who have risen against gadhafi but i think that in a way speaking of the quote/unquote opposition is a snomer because it is disparate and very scattered. each of these towns that rose up in the west and where resistance has been quelled basically did so on their own and you didn't see people going from one town to the next to share in the fight and, frankly, that's one of the problems