now go to pennsylvania then lawrence davidson he's a professor of middle east history at west chester university lawrence high why is the military leadership launch this raid do you think what what threat did these organizations do these organizations pose to its authority well i see it three power centers evolving in egypt one is of course didn't know terry sees themselves their offices or sees themselves as the founders of modern modern egypt another power center a large power center is the is romanists who worked on very well in the elections and sort of minor but still important power center is these is the secular kind of liberal party or a that has a has potential. i think these raids were directed at this third element. and the and the alleged outside sources that that support this liberal secular element that would imply if i'm correct that would imply that the military and the islamics are used have reached some sort of. written or not written agreement as to how the future of egypt is going to go. out i'm guessing without these groups as well that are being targeted that be less people

there's going to be another war ok lawrence davidson professor of middle east history at west chester university in pennsylvania thank you thank you. very much is a being held across syria lives and fresh reports of violent crackdowns against protesters there to visit yesterday over one hundred people have been killed by security forces since change day when the arab began the fact finding mission in syria's flashpoints but it's very hard to verify the information coming from the country clashes began in march between government forces and protesters from both sides being as both a journalist ramzy burrowed used to work in the region he told me the conflict being managed things from the outside this is a real worry we do not know what the americans are cooking right now obviously they are they are thinking of a much greater political context than syria the eye thinking iran they are thinking the stability of iraq in the post american withdrawal. they are also and most importantly they are thinking israel how will the political vacuum if such a vacuum is created in damascus israel israel's securi

world i want to bring in professor lawrence davidson a middle east expert at and professor west chester university in pennsylvania. hi there professor davidson let's talk first about leadership there are people in the western world who worry that the new leaders will will basically come into power and immediately impose sharia law and that will be that i mean do you think these concerns are justified well i don't think that. the united states the leadership in the united states is as concerned about this sort of thing as you would imagine. i think the criteria for success as far as they're concerned is. countries or governments who want to cooperate with them but of economically and in terms of foreign policy orientation and i think that's certainly kind of. being seems to be becoming the case in tunisia where there are relationships between the united states and the new tunisian government and so what that what these governments do domestically and in terms of their internal affairs is really not a concern of the u.s. state department or the intelligence operatives who it's more a or economic and

earlier i spoke with lawrence davidson he's a history professor and middle east expert at west chester university in pennsylvania and you know there are a lot of western leaders who worry that the new leaders will come in and immediately impose sharia law and why i asked him if those concerns are justified here's what he had to say. well i don't think that. the united states the leadership in the united states is as concerned about this sort of thing as you would imagine. i think criteria for success as far as their concern is. country certain governments who want to cooperate with them but the economically and in terms of foreign policy orientation and i think that's certainly kind of. being seems to be becoming the case in tunisia where there are relationships between the united states and the new tunisian government and so what that what these governments do domestically and in terms of their internal affairs is really not a concern of the u.s. state department or the intelligence operatives here it's more a their economic and the orientation in terms of foreign policy for instance will the tu

them about tough times under egypt's former dictator hosni mubarak and his true professor at west chester university lawrence davidson says it is groups which are coming into power in egypt turn a blind eye to the fact that the military council is not going to give control to civilian government. the liberal element is the most adamant element when it comes to the egyptian army turning over power to a civilian government least so far they're the most adamant and the egyptian army. does not want to do that it has a great prestige stake in this it has a great economic stake in this the officer corps and i don't see them turning over complete control to a civilian government and my guess is that the islamicists groups have somehow made an accommodation with that reality that present reality. and to syria now where large demonstrations against the assad regime have been taking place with a reporter who want to quiet down again protest is local and. say over a hundred people have been killed by security forces so this cheese day what arab league that is again finding visits different points while it has