Assad vows to rid Syria of Muslim extremists

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-- about a potential power vacuum in Syria.

The president wrapped up his mideast trip today in the key US ally of Jordan saying that the Syrian president Bashar a -- -- let's go.

But that if he does extremists could very well exploit a potentially chaotic situation.

Meanwhile the man who's been murdering his own people for two years now today vowed to wipe out what he calls forces of darkness from that country.

The Fox Report chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt is in our newsroom -- tonight Jonathan threatening words from the Syrian president yet again.

-- -- -- he does his actions of BP and have been speaking volumes schacknow president does that.

Has put it in the right Cheney in the wake of the killing all of a pro government cleric in -- mosque attack.

I've mistress -- released a statement and essentially addressing his long times -- -- that clerics saying quote.

I sweat to the Syrian people -- your blood and that of your grandson.

And all the mobsters of the homeland will not be spilled in vain because we will be faithful to your ideas.

By destroying very extremism and ignorance.

Until we have Clinton -- The country.

That promised to cleanse the country will send shivers through anyone.

Who remembers the ethnic cleansing of the Bosnian war Shelton and and the blame game there at that again.

Yeah once again president a sad blaming the rebels for this attack on the mosque.

Other rebels saying not so would they wouldn't do that they would never hit a mosque and I frankly on this occasion that is a more compelling case.

For saying that the rebels were behind they simply because the cleric was such a steadfast supporter of a sad.

That it would not seem to make sense for pro government forces to kill that particular cleric and officials at the State Department.

Would not speculate on who was behind this today but once again they did admit.

That extremists have infiltrated.

The opposition listen.

We have been.

So working hard in our contacts with the Syrian opposition whether it's on the political side -- the military side to be extremely vigilant.

A balance.

Efforts to hijack their movement by extremists.

-- -- this remains a major concern for the US -- The flood of extremists.

And their weapons into serious -- Jonathan Hunt by force in the newsroom tonight.

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