US Ambassador to Syria warns of the rise of al-Qaeda
“The longer the violence goes on the more extremist groups benefit,” Ford said Thursday afternoon during a discussion organized by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
“It’s incumbent on us to bolster moderates in the political opposition,” said Ford, who stated that while Assad is clearly “losing” the battle, “there will be substantial fighting in the days ahead.”Read the whole thing.
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“Extremist groups in Syria have little by little been gaining influence among the armed opposition,” Ford said. “There is an al Qaeda in Iraq affiliate operating in Syria more and more and there are groups cooperating with it. That really is a problem.”
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“If we can keep these Syrian leaders united I think there will be less chance for Iran, Russia, pernicious actors, [the terror group] Hezbollah, to intervene in a negative way,” Ford said in perhaps his most candid moment.
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Labels: al-Qaeda, Bashar al-Assad, Robert Ford, Syrian uprising
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