was suspected of masterminding a car bombing of serious state securityfficers. >> one car goes in and blows up and takes down the out ter defens a second car goes in to detonate. >> the criminal attack carries the blueprints of al qaeda. >> this is a hallmark tactic of el qaeda to interact. >> back in washington, ambassador ford met with david petraeus, then the head of the cia. the extremists in syria were getting stronger, he said. while the moderate rebels fighting assad were getting weaker. >> you do nothing, extremists will continue to gain ground. that's what our syrian contacts were telling us. this isn't rocket science. >> petraeus urged the white house to arm the moderates. >> recommendations were made to assist some of the opposition. elements and that obviously a decision was not forthcoming to do that.