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Lisa Daftari on how Al Qaeda is exploiting a post-Assad era feared by U.S. intelligence community
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Seized dot com contributor -- death Tyree who is a Middle East expert joining us in the studio here good to see it.
Mom did the where when -- This is all of this concern about if we help the rebels -- secret bases.
If we help the rebels we don't know who helping -- a we've heard from you a senior US officials at the Pentagon that there is an al-Qaeda influence that.
Do we have any evidence of how strong that al-Qaeda influences.
We know already that they've been establishing their cells.
In four major cities.
And these cities -- obviously happens -- -- the massacres are happening.
They're gaining influence with the people on -- helping out with many of the explosions and so far they've been responsible.
A few reports that about 200 to 300 deaths.
You know this is nothing new for all Qaeda who they see an opportunity they see a Sunni population.
With an out away.
-- leadership they -- the aside regime on the brink of collapse and they look at an opportunity a political vacuum that's up for grabs.
Now from the US point of view what are we looking at we're looking at the Iranian regime already has their tentacles.
-- of their grip on and on Syria he they're helping out they're giving money they're giving weapons are giving.
The strategy to to the U Asad regime and now we have to worry about what will happen in the aftermath.
If it eventually of the Asad regime will collapse.
And what will happen I'll keep a presence there only -- -- worried about what will happen in the transition here in after a side.
Should fall.
It's it's part of that issue that we get through we seem to be faced within in so many of these of Arabs so called Arab Spring movements that.
We we don't want to dictated to survive a dictator is brutally killing his own people yet.
The alternative sometimes a from a you'll from a US security point of view just as bad if not worse.
Not -- because at least this is that the double that we know right.
Why now.
You know fill it up chances -- and I even the chance where we're looking out what's actually happening we're looking at the influence that are surviving that and again we've -- -- this.
We're not looking at a at Syria as a -- one nation.
Isolated.
-- crisis we're looking at it axis of resistance to Iranian regime Hezbollah.
I thought regime are all in cahoots.
Two have to control on what happens on the ground and held -- -- is being thrown into the mix.
As well again it's going to jeopardize what happens and then as you said we want the people to get.
In the opposition to survive we want them to succeed at it in in -- overthrowing the dictator be at the same time.
We don't know what will happen.
We're so what's what's the prognosis for Syria post a sad it does appear a question of when not if -- -- Is it just going to be a bloody -- -- civil war among.
Among the various sex among without kind of weighing in with Iranian operatives Hezbollah possibly.
Is that what we're looking at a really bloody end to.
As we look at all the in ingredients in and everything that's shaping up that is what we're we're looking at and there's no one really does know faith of the opposition that we can.
Go to whether the -- that the youth of the wanna get involved -- overtly you know overtly at least there's this thing but they can do you know.
Behind the scenes to kind of control what happens so that.
The international community is not -- that we're not having.
If terrorists.
To control.
Of the situation and I haven't affected us you know the summit defectors coming announcing you know let let us let me help left.
-- -- -- the next generation of Syria and again you know can you trust them what their agenda are the only gonna bring back -- thought regime in a different color.
Well -- what -- -- one of our viewers are writing in here Lisa -- asking about the situation with the refugees.
Not a law of refugees now going across -- border I guess.
How -- how bad is the situation for them.
About it's it's very -- again you mentioned that'll let those one of the most populous.
The Syrian cities than if they massacres are occurring.
In neighborhoods where there are children that are -- they're all they're being killed they're not -- you know would differentiate between.
The children and the adults and and it's it's a very bloody situation and whoever Canon's trying to very.
High rates escape.
Right course all right Lisa -- sorry folks he's dot com contributor and you have they a piece of folks who don't come right now regarding the al-Qaeda influence in Syria.
Latin about Syria -- he's saying about it I think all right very good go check it out at foxnews.com.
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Thank you very much indeed and.
