31.03.2011 - 06:48 [ LA Times ]

CIA officers working with Libya rebels

CIA officers are on the ground in Libya, coordinating with rebels and sharing intelligence, U.S. officials say…
„We don‘t have to look very far back in history to find examples of the unintended consequences of passing out advanced weapons to a group of fighters we didn‘t know as well as we should have,“ said Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), in an apparent reference to U.S. aid to Afghan guerrillas fighting the Soviet Union during the Carter and Reagan administrations.

„We need to be very careful before rushing into a decision that could come back to haunt us,“ said Rogers, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee and who has supported the U.S. intervention in Libya so far.