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Panetta: Al Qaeda has a presence in Syria

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    Defense secretary concerned about terrorist groups involvement

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Government in Syria and -- reports he killed an attempted suicide bomber before he can detonate a car packed with thousands of pounds of explosives.

But that apparently is in bringing much comfort to the Syrian people.

Okay yeah okay.

OK.

Okay.

Protesters in Syria today surrounded a so called peacekeeping come on -- from the United Nations and demanded our -- for the Syrian opposition.

Just yesterday twin suicide bomb blast reportedly killed dozens of people hurt nearly 400 others were told.

And ripped the facade off a military intelligence building in the Syrian capital city of Damascus.

Of course the united -- estimates that Syrian troops and killed more than 9000 men women and children.

Since the uprising began more than a year ago and the trouble does not and they are far from the Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says.

Intelligence suggest.

Al-Qaeda.

Has -- presence now in that war torn country.

The -- plus plus plus plus Jonathan Hunt with a news the opposition.

Appeals to the United States and others and that requests for help we're getting louder and louder.

-- and -- and yet still falling on deaf -- it seems today the chief of the opposition.

Syrian national council said that is absolutely.

No prospect for peace.

Unless there is a threat of force from the international community against the -- regime that same opposition -- said that right now.

-- says -- and his security forces.

Are acting with complete impunity in terms of carrying out violence against the opposition.

Because that on no consequences and right accept it seems.

But there is no prospect of any consequence is coming from the international but -- but once again the real problem in fixing all of this seems to be with the Russians -- -- we won't go along with anything.

Yet the Russians still standing four square behind -- a sad regime.

Backing up yesterday's claims in fact from regime leaders that terrorists are behind the recent violence.

Russia according to -- a lot of the experts is effectively -- -- -- or re fighting the Cold War here and a lot of experts believe.

That that requires from the United States and Cold War style response was.

I don't want to see a conflict between the United States and Russia but it seems as if they are asking for one.

And that is -- a very difficult situation.

To find ourselves in but the only extricate yourself is by showing strength diplomatically and militarily.

And complicating all of this of course is the prospect that if the -- is brought down you faced with a chaotic country in which al-Qaeda continues to thrive and Jonathan Hunt thank you.

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