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Alqaeda is stealing support from u. S. Backed rebels in syria and the nairobi mall massacre maybe a reunderstood threat from the security group. Require i cant will be required to abandon its chemical weapons arsenal, but it will not include the threat of force against syria if Bashar Al Assads government fails to comply. The spokesperson for the Syria NationalCoalition Said the syria opposition remains wary of any deal. He has killed 110,000 people. Can you trust someone who what committed such a trays cities. 11 syrian rebel groups issued a at the same time calling for the establishment of sharia law. Its a key denext. Three of the groups were aligned with the u. S. Backed opposition. Sala discounted the new alliance. These groups are not part of the resolution. They do not represent the Syrian People. They represent a small minority. It remains unclear with the statement is one of discontent of leadership or a pledge of allegiance to alqaeda. The president of tune nearby is that warns alqaeda is staging a comeback feeding off the anger of the piecened arab spring. He pointed to two recent alqaeda linked assassinations. They didnt assassinate one human being, they assassinated a whole nation. He says hundreds of young tunisia men have gone to fight. This is the alqaeda linked al shabab attack, the large evident attack in kenya since the u. S. Embass bombing in 1998. Joining me now are jack rice, former c. I. A. Officer who covered the middle east extensively in our studio in minnesota and kenneth catsman, tracking alqaedas revolution for more than 20 years, coming to us from washington, d. C. Seems like so much for alqaeda on the run. Our map shows affiliates of alqaeda in iraq, syria, a number of african countries and yemen, countries pretty much all over the world, that doesnt include its presence in the far east. Alqaeda is swaying more hold over according to the economists, over more territory now and recruiting more fighters than anytime in its history. I think its true. We are seeing an expansion of affiliates. There really is no command in control. There is no control from alqaeda, meaning in afghanistan, and if you cant coordinate attacks, it makes it much more difficult, and yet at the same time, we have to realize that when you have really truly independent organizations, its hard to take the organization as a whole down, because you have to fight them one by one. The economists also had this quote ken, what do you think . Are they winning . Well, i dont really see them as winning, to tell you the truth, because theyve really shifted, really, the threat to the United States homeland and to the european mainland i think is much diminished. These alqaeda affiliates have expanded, yes, there are more of them in more places, yes, but other than alqaeda in the arabian peninsula, all of these affiliates are really focused on the countries where they are operating. For example, alqaeda in iraq is trying to destabilize Prime Minister malaki, in syria trying to oust Bashar Al Assad. Its a different threat. I wouldnt say winning or losing. Thats the wrong way to look at it. Its an evolving threat, a different challenge than it was on the eve of the september 11 attacks. Lets look at specific countries, starting with injury. As the chemical weapons deal is moving forward, any unified movement to Bashar Al Assad is in shambles. Some of the strongest fighters joined alqaeda linked fighters, reacting to that news, a spokesman for what is a a more and more track further moderate coalition tried to put a good face on thing. We say we are in a state of war. We are not democratically elected and this is the reality. If we can represent 80 , 90 of the sirens, weve done a tremendous job. They may have the most support among the syrian population, but some experts estimate that now about 80 of 100,000 or so rebel fighters are leaning moderate to hard line jihadists. They are trying to shine this up. When you see a coalition that starts to splinter the way it is, you cant simply say this isnt a big deal. This is a big deal. If we think about whos supporting whom, its not just about the civilians. Theres some 2 million plus people either refugees or displaced people inside of syria itself. We need to talk about the 100,000 fighters, who those people are, who they support and if theyre going moderate to more extreme in terms of what they believe, how are you going to get the coalition to take the leadership role with those guys and thats a real problem for them. Its beyond the splintering. Theres on going fighting among the factions. This week, we saw the Syrian Free Army killed an alqaeda linked leader, kurdish fighters also killed another alqaeda leader. There seems to be a civil war within a civil war. What happens now, and how does the west, the u. S. In particular figure out what to do and whom to support . Its one of the biggest problems. When you start looking at syria in general, lets just take one simple example. You think of the kurds in northern syria, the kurds, the p. K. K. , they cross not just syria, but they cross parts of northern iraq, they take a large swath of turkey. How do you convince those groups to be a part of a broader coalition, while at the same time, youre looking at other elements that may be not with the coalition, but that doesnt necessarily make them alqaeda. I think personally that one of the things that the u. S. Is afraid of is theyre afraid of repeating some of the mistakes that we made in afghanistan because in the 19 creates, where all of a sudden we were funding organizations and people and eventually, those people turned against us. This is what john mccain said earlier this month about the western backed free syrian army. The overwhelming majority of the Syrian People want Bashar Al Assad gone. By the way, they are not extremists and jihadists and the Syrian People would reject extremists and jihadists. Common thread is that all want assad gone. If he goes, what happens if the strength is really in these less moderate hands, what will happen . Yes, and i think he is going to fall fairly soon. If you looked at a battlefield map recently, hes lost a tremendous amount of territory. Even rebel in fighting is not material to the overall fight. The rebels are advancing in difference provinces, even as this infighting is going on. What happens after hes gone . Syria is a very mediterranean coastal , western looking society. So was lebanon in the 1970s and look whats happened there. Ok, but even the Islamist Groups in lebanon are very different from the taliban or yemen, saudi, islamists. Basically, real radical islam takes root mainly in the interior of the arabian peninsula, the desert. The coastal areas of the middle east tend to be more moderate, more cosmopolitan. Radical puritanical is plaquist movements tend to be rejected or watered down substantially. If you look at Muslim Brotherhood in egypt, its much more modern than many islamists in yemen or saudi arabia. Syria is going to be syria no matter what. Its secular, mediterranean, coastal, and its going to water down these very puritanical islamic tendencies. A lot of reports say these groups are much better organized, fund understand and its creating problems for the west as to whom to give money to. Yeah, thats one of the biggest problems of all. If we think about this from an american per specti, what the americans have been trying to do is to figure out how to support the coalition. Yet at the same time, theyre petrified if they support them, some resources will end up in the hands of the alqaeda affiliates or other extremist groups. What happens when you deny resources to the coalition, it makes the coalition seem weak, makes them seem incompetent and strangely enough, by denying the coalition resources, you strengthen the mother extremist groups who say look, these guys arent doing everything. Lets go back to the big alqaeda, the one original remnant left. A warning was issued to anyone who would work with the west, specifically in syria. The United States and its allies try to support the secular parties but failed. They started to form new awake anyones in syria that will fail. I warn my brothers not to form any relationships with these parties. What happened in egypt is a perfect lesson on this. We talked earlier that there was no central leadership, that its also u. All going to spread out. Does he have a say with the alqaeda folks in syria or is he more of a somewhat inspirational figure. I see no evidence of significant connections between him in pakistan and alqaeda fighters in syria. They call themselves alqaeda, but i think theyre using the alqaeda brand to recruit, to bring in people from chechnya, fighters, jihadist fighters, libya, elsewhere. Alqaeda, when we think of alqaeda, its bin ladennism. That trend is really on the dehe cline. We have to look at alqaeda really as a group of local maxes, all focused on the politics and environment of the countries they are operating. I see zawahri having no influence on what is going on in syria at all. Actually, i agree. We he look at what he has actually said. His influence is far more in egypt than syria. Hes from egypt himself. When you look at the recent arab spring and realize what has happened there, that influence is there because he has that personal connection, but there is no more command and control, and that has been one of the things that the west has been effective in lopping off. That doesnt mean theyre gone, it just means its not being directed from elsewhere. Theres been al shabab recruiting in minnesota. Theres been videos about the socalled martyrs, the path to paradise. Heres one of the comments from that video. If you guys only knew how much fun we have over here. This is the real disney land. Come here and join us. Now, that young man apparently went on to be a suicide bomber. We know that alqaeda, the leadership did years ago send fighters to africa. Do you see some of the people weve talked over the past few days think al shabab has not gotten stronger, that nine robey was an act are desperation . We take a look back at one of the international attacks in uganda in 2010, this one going after soft targets, if they were going after African Union troops, kenyan troops, it would show their power, but it also shows willingness to get out there and swing. I agree in this point, if we look at what al shabab is doing, theyre in east africa, inside of somalia, just touching on kenya, but thats tied to civil war issues that the kenyans are involved in. Theyre not reaching beyond that. They dont have that capability, certainly not at this point. Final question, what does this mean for america. I know you both have said you think the way alqaeda is functioning now that attacking abroad is getting harder and harder. With these kind of lone wolf attacks or small groups especially when youve got people coming from the United States to train in those places, do we need to be worried . Well, were seeing diplomats in the region need to be worried, there are other installations in the persian gulf that we use to defend the persian golf security, installations in africa. I think u. S. Personnel, u. S. Citizens in the middle east, north africa, south asia region. I think the dangers have increased. In terms of the homeland and european mainland, i think its substantially less threatens than it was in 2001. Lets hope that is the case. Jack rice, ken catsman, hi, my name is jonathan betz, and im from dallas, texas, and] film fans know Sienna Miller gracing red carpets around the world for more than a decade. Shes also been a Global Action bass door for the International Medical core. The group has done relief world around are the world for decades. Miller has helped launch a First Responders program. Its basically we are trying to enable people in communities to become self efficient, so the best response to a disaster is from the people on the ground from the communities themselves. That is our commitment here at the clinton global initiative. Weve launder the celebrities First Responders, people who will lend their names in appeals and which had hopefully spike traffic, et cetera. How important is it to get those people involved and to help out. I think the culture we live in, people respond to that sort of assistance from well known people. It really does make a huge difference for the organization. I feel fortunate to have gotten some of the people weve managed to recruit. Youve been active, traveling to the congo, haiti, through your roam as an ambassador. What kind of things have you seen, what has struck you the most . Ive seen so many things, too many to recount. Ive seen a woman who flat lined in a makeshift tent in portauprince and two minutes later, from doctors, she came back to life. That was the most profound experience. I met victims of gbg and malnutrition and scarfation. Its always an encouraging work in the field, because you see the things done. Most of the medical staff are locally trained individuals. Its not putting a bandaid on a problem, its training a community to become resilient and self sufficient, which is vital. The positive consequences of what you see overcome just very tough situations that you face, death, disaster, how do you deal with the suffering you witness, and how has it changed you . Well, you know, its impossible not to be effected by it, its devastating. In a sense, its a huge gift, you realize how fortunate we are in the world we live in and how wonderful i am in my life. Its devastating, heartbreaking and very hard as a new mother to not feel affected especially by the children who are victims of disease and poverty and a lot of its preventable. You try to shine a light on the fantastic work the association is doing. You know, keep working at it. The greatest humanitarian crisis going on right now in the word is in syria, a couple of million refugees who have left the country, youve got 5 Million People displaced within the country. The International Medical core hob working in syria since 2007, they started helping iraq keys fleeing the iraq war, now in the middle of another humanitarian crisis. The medical core was just given a big grant to help Syrian Refugees that have gone to turkey. How much have you heard about what the organization is doing there . Its not something im going to talk about now. Its obviously a delicate situation and a terrifying crisis, but the International Core are in 70 countries around the world. Our focus is on africa to enable them to become self sufficient. Thats what were here to talk about. The International Medical core has responded to familiar anyone in somalia, ethnic cleansing, to the tsunami, the challenges must be enormous when the Organization Goes and faces those kinds of crises. Theyve been around for 30 years. Its a significant organization. It is. What would you tell people who would like to support them . I just think its an organization that really is completely incredible. Ive seen the work firsthand, and as i said before, what they do, which is really different is they train the community to become self sufficient, so its empowering, respectful of the countries that were visiting. The work they do is incredibly beneficial for tons of people. Its an organization they should definitely look into. How does the organization coordinate with other humanitarian organizations . What have you seen when youve gone and helped in responding to these cries . Last year, i was in the horn of africa and there are obviously tons of ngos, a big crisis at the famine. The u. N. Tends to run the whole thing and other organizations, everyone pitches together so you can do nutrition, sanitation after a while, people get allocated to different things. It doesnt tend to be too competitive in that situation. Everyones there ultimately for the goal of helping as many as possible, and of course that means cooperating with other organizations. We worked with many, many different people over the years, and crib to do so. I think our incentive is to reach as many people as possible. Interestingly, were a bunch of news people here and none of us, we were having a discussion earlier, had heard about the International Revenue core, even though its had a revenue over 230 million, thats up there with Doctors Without Borders that Everybody Knows about. Why do you think the International Medical core, very well managed, has managed to fly under the radar . I think its, you know, the focus for the organization has really been on the work and its incredibly beneficial to have exposure. What im trying to do is shine a light on t