militants came from all over the world through syrian under the eyes of the syrian police who are responsible for the killing of iraqi and american forces. he trained and provided shelter and built safe havens for al qaeda to hide in. i remember one of the safe havens. the americans raided it in 2008 and captured prisoners. this was a hiding place for al qaeda on the border with iraq. it was under the control of a brother-in-law of the president. who is making the decisions in damascus right now? who is directing the syrian government policy facing this uprising? translator: the regime in syria is a totaltarian regime. there is one person who gives orders, one person who is the president. the rest of the regime is people who only obey. do they believe they will end? translator: they are trapped. they committed crimes and entered into a war of blood and are aware that they are going to pay for it. they are just buying time. fares is the second high profile sunni offi