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GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN
YOU.
IT ALWAYS VIA PHONE.
YOU ALWAYS SAID SYRIANS ARE
ABANDONED BY THE WORLD.
DO YOU STILL FEEL THAT WAY?
>> I THINK SO.
WE'VE COME TO THE POINT AND THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS SO
LATE IN REACTION WHERE ANY
ACTION CANNOT BE CORRECT RIGHT
NOW.
IT'S TOO LATE FOR ANYTHING, I
DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE CAN
SURVIVE ANYTHING.
IF THE AIR STRIKE HAPPENS,
LIMITED HAZARD IS EXPECTED THE
REGIME WILL BE VICTORIOUS.
IF THE AIR STRIKE DOESN'T
HAPPEN, THIS IS A LICENSE TO
KILL FOR MR. ASSAD.
THIS MEANS IT'S TOO LATE FOR
ANYTHING.
>> SO EVEN IF THERE IS A -- IF
THE STRIKE IS LIMITED AS IS
BEING DEBATED RIGHT NOW, NOT
SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE
THE CALCULOUS ON THE GROUND,
CHANGE THE POWER OF THE REGIME,
IT NOT GOING TO TIP THE SCALES,
IT'S JUST A DESIGN TO PUNISH,
IT'S A DESIGN TO TRY TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE REGIME DOES NOT
USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAIN, YOU
THINK THAT WILL BE INTERPRETED
AS A VICTORY, THE REGIME WILL
SPIN THAT AS A VICTORY?
>> THIS REGIME IS CRIMINAL.
THIS REGIME HAS BEEN USING
CHEMICAL WEAPONS FOR AT LEAST
FIVE OR SIX MONTH SOS FAR THIS
REGIME CAN USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS
FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG, BUT WHAT
HAPPENS RIGHT NOW IS NOT JUST
PROMISES OF A LIMITED STRIKE.
THIS MEANS A PROLONGED CRISIS.
FOR ME, EVEN -- I MEAN, I'M
AGAINST MILITARY ENTER INTERVEN.
I WANT PEACE.
I STILL WANT PEACE.
I SEE A PEACE PROCESS THROUGH
GENEVA TWO, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
THAT WILL HAPPEN OR NOT BUT
LIMITED STRIKE, I KNOW THE
PROPAGANDA OF THE REGIME.
THEY WILL USE ALL -- EVERY
POSSIBLE WORD AND THEY WILL
DANCE IN THE STREETS.
>> DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE A
POLITICAL SOLUTION THAT
NEGOTIATIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT
THIS STAGE GIVEN ALL THAT'S
HAPPENED AND THE NATURE OF THE
REGIME AND OPPOSITION AT THIS
POINT?
>> IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING HOPES ARE
REALLY SMALL.
THIS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT IS THE ONLY HOPE.
AIR STRIKES WILL NOT GIVE US
ANYTHING.
THE ONLY THING WE CAN JUST SEE
RIGHT NOW IS THE AMERICANS TALK
TO THE RUSSIANS, FIND SOME
SOLUTION, COMPROMISES FROM BOTH
SIDES AND THEN COME OUT WITH A
SOLUTION.
I KNOW THE REGIME WILL HATE,
HATE PEACE.
IT LIVES ON KILLING.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN
ABOUT AL QAEDA LINKED GROUPS AND
OTHER EXTREMIST GROUPS, DO YOU
BELIEVE IN SOMEWAYS THEY
HIJACKED THIS REVOLUTION?
>> WELL, YES, TO SOME EXTENT
YES.
THERE IS AL QAEDA IN SYRIA.
IF YOU REMEMBER, ANDERSON, ONE
YEAR AGO WAS I WARNING EVERYBODY
IN THE WORLD THROUGH AC 360
SAYING THAT IF YOU KEEP JUST
WATCHING US, YOU WILL SEE AL
QAEDA IN SYRIA.
THEY ARE TRYING TO HIJACK THE
REVOLUTION.
I HOPE IT WILL NOT.
AT ONE POINT OF TIME, ALL THE
SYRIAN PEOPLE SHOULD UNITE
AGAINST TERRORISM.
TERRORISM DOES NOT FIT SYRIA AT
ALL, AND WE WILL NOT ALLOW IT.
THE WAY WE ARE TRYING TO TOPPLE