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Middle East expert Udo Steinbach has been advocating closer relations with the Gulf states for years. Genuine interest in regional development, however, needs to look beyond the stereotypes. Birgit Svensson spoke to him in Baghdad

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Protests. thousands and thousands of people there. its approaching 7:30 p.m. in cairo. on the right part of your screen the pro-morsi forces. they seem to be praying right now. 7:24 p.m. ben wedeman is right now the pro-morsi demonstrations. this is a fast moving story. enormous ramifications for egypt and the entire region and the world. at stake egypt being the largest of the arab countries. whats the latest youre hearing? >> reporter: we understand hes in this republican guard complex where a...

Maybe beckham and posh are getting ready for the wedding. lets talk about corruption in the middle east. again, the threat runs from libya over to egypt, through iran, up to syria. it is a -- it is the way that so many governments function in that region and it seems that the young people especially have just had enough. thing its one of the untold stories certainly of what was happening in egypt. you have this almost kind of futile societies and nepotism wrrks people are giving jobs to their fa...

Want that for him. you see tremendous outrage on the part of the people to the crackdown on human rights, the poverty, the corruption in syria, but i dont think theyll be able to shake this regime from its foundation at this point. >> so you think that serious will end up like the iranian protests in 2009 instead of egypt in 2011? >> highly likely because i think assad does gnat want to engage in the kind of dialogue and concessions with reformers that youve seen elsewhere because he doesnt want...

Form political parties, run free and fair electionses, first for a parliament then for a president. we can provide technical assistance that leads to political reform and give a real voice to the people of egypt and the people of other countries. ultimately it will be these countries who elect the leaders of the future. jenna: p.j. crowley nice to have you today. i look forward to talking to you again as well. as former head of the state department big things ahead for you. for coverage in libya...

Policy, that the president has formulated. we want to see political, economic and social reform across the region from algeria all the way to yemen. how that unfolds will vary country by country by country. but, you know, you have a situation in libya where qaddhafi had the opportunity to see what had happened in tunisia and egypt. you look at egypt, for example, and in our conversations with the egyptian government and the egyptian military they made clear from the outset that they would never ...

President ali abdullah saleh and his military leader. they come from the same tribe but have a different vision about the future. jenna: we use these determines democracy and freedom as if they apply the same way wherever we say them around the world. its a important reminder a democracy could elect a fundamental religious leader. do you think that the united states has to be stronger with our message to the arab world about what type of democracy, what type of nations wed like to see emerge the...

To attack our men and women in uniform in iraq, they have headquarters for hamas in damascus, they support hezbollah. i mean, this is a very nasty jeem. of course, the idea of having the muslim brotherhood come in is equally inpalatable. gen jen especially because were also seeing the muslim brotherhood become more active in egypt as they continue to try to focus their democracy as it grows over the next couple of months. a quick final question, jon. what should we do? i mean, what should be the...