Benghazi was fertile recruiting area for Al Qaeda?

At about 3 minutes into the clip below, Howard Fineman says that eastern Libya, the area around Benghazi, has been one of the most fertile recruiting grounds for Al Qaeda in the world. I did not know this. Even if true, this doesn't mean that the Libyan people who want democracy support Al Qaeda.

The American left seems hesitant to support Obama's decision to intervene in Libya.

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