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Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda. -- Gore Vidal
There's more evil in the charts than an Al-Qaeda suggestion box. -- Bill Bailey
The blame for the 9/11 attacks lays squarely and exclusively with the Al-Qaeda network. -- Kay Granger
Al-Qaeda's resurgence brings out the worst in the Bush Administration's math and logic. -- Jon Stewart
There is an irony that the most active anti-gay [groups] are Al-Qaeda and the American Right wing. -- Barney Frank
In Nigeria, Hillary Clinton amazingly fought for two years to keep an Al-Qaeda affiliate off the terrorist watch list. -- Chris Christie
Al-Qaeda has a kind of loose, almost entrepreneurial structure with lots of cells in various countries that are semi-independent. -- Ron Suskind
The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It's not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything. -- Adam McKay
When you talk about Al-Qaeda it doesn't matter if he's Syrian or American or from Europe or from Asia or Africa. -- Bashar al-Assad
There are thirty to forty thousand left-wing professors in the United States who are racists, murderers, sexual deviants and supporters of Al-Qaeda. -- Pat Robertson
As you know, there are Al-Qaeda operatives that are taken back into Iran, given training as leaders, and they're moving back into Iraq. -- John McCain
There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism. -- Maajid Nawaz
You look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to tell, but definitely the majority are Al-Qaeda. -- Bashar al-Assad
The left considers conservatives and Republicans to be their number one enemy, not Islam. Certainly not Islam! We conservatives and Republicans are a greater enemy that even Al-Qaeda or ISIS. -- Rush Limbaugh
The left considers conservatives and Republicans to be their number one enemy, not Islam. Certainly not Islam! We conservatives and Republicans are a greater enemy that even Al-Qaeda or ISIS. -- Rush Limbaugh
What we have done is when the threat has been directed at the United States, i.e., the terrorist threat from ISIL or Al-Qaeda in Syria, is to go after them. -- Susan Rice
We didn't say that 80% [of terrorists], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast majority are Al-Qaeda or Al-Qaeda offshoot organizations in this region. -- Bashar al-Assad
ISIS and Al-Qaeda and whoever else, that is the only way they stop is after we convert. That's what they say. The only way this stops is when the infidels convert. -- Rush Limbaugh
ISIS and Al-Qaeda and whoever else, that is the only way they stop is after we convert. That's what they say. The only way this stops is when the infidels convert. -- Rush Limbaugh
If the American administration want to support Al-Qaeda - go ahead. That's what we have to tell them, go ahead and support Al-Qaeda, but don't talk about rebels and free Syrian army. -- Bashar al-Assad
Al-Qaeda's obituary has been written countless times over the decade. Each iteration has proved to be ephemeral, as the moment has continually shown itself to have a deeper bench than we imagine. -- Bruce Hoffman
Any strike will be as direct support to Al-Qaeda offshoot that's called Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. You're right about this. It's going to be direct support. -- Bashar al-Assad
Saudi Arabia might proceed toward Sharia slower than Al-Qaeda wants. Al-Qaeda wants pedal-to-the-metal, nothing else in focus, we're heading to Sharia, and the Saudis might not be going there fast enough, so Al-Qaeda hits them. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
Saudi Arabia might proceed toward Sharia slower than Al-Qaeda wants. Al-Qaeda wants pedal-to-the-metal, nothing else in focus, we're heading to Sharia, and the Saudis might not be going there fast enough, so Al-Qaeda hits them. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
The majority of fighters now are Al-Qaeda. If you want to support them, you are supporting Al-Qaeda, you are creating havoc in the region, and if this region is not stable, the whole world cannot be stable. -- Bashar al-Assad
To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus. -- Al Franken
It's not religious war, but Al-Qaeda always use religions, Islam - actually, as a pretext and as a cover and as a mantle for their war and for their terrorism and for their killing and beheading and so on. -- Bashar al-Assad
Hezbollah, Hamas, Al-Qaeda, they all have ties to Iranian money. I think they are the biggest exist - existential threat. Russia could be up there, but it would probably be to one of our NATO allies rather than the homeland. -- Eric Bolling
Al-Qaeda has one ideology and they go back to the same leadership in Afghanistan or in Syria or in Iraq. That's the question. You have tens of thousands of foreigners, that's definitely correct. We are fighting them on the ground and we know this. -- Bashar al-Assad
A war on Al-Qaeda could have been won with a decisive military strike in Tora Bora during December 2001, but American fighters at Tora Bora were refused requests for more forces when they trapped Al-Qaeda there; the Pentagon was busy husbanding resources for the Iraqi invasion. -- Kurt Eichenwald
If there's been any use of nerve gas it's the rebels that used it. If there has been a use of chemical weapons it was Al-Qaeda that used the chemical weapons - who gave al-Qaeda the chemical weapons? Here's my theory, Israel gave them the chemical weapons. -- George Galloway
There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq. -- George Clooney
There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade. -- Douglas J. Feith
It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq. -- Peter DeFazio
What could be better in al-Qaeda's mind than to have India and Pakistan going at each other? What more to further their aims? -- Richard Armitage
They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons. -- Douglas J. Feith
When al-Qaeda was on the run from Afghanistan crossing through Iran, some were arrested and they are imprisoned. Some of them are charged with some actions in Iran. -- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan. -- Michael Mullen
Assange is not a 'journalist' any more than the 'editor' of al-Qaeda's new English-language magazine 'Inspire' is a 'journalist.' He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands. -- Sarah Palin
It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust. -- Barack Obama
A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us to be Muslims and know what jihad is. -- Aslan Maskhadov
Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any effort to mount any kind of operation against the United States' interests. -- Richard Ben-Veniste
Since September 11, 2001, the powerful coalition of nations, led by the United States, has seen many successes against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. It is imperative that we remain united and steadfast in the quest to defeat terrorism around the world. -- Kenny Marchant
I am encouraged by the news today that United States special operations personnel found, identified and killed the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the operational commander of the al-Qaeda led insurgency in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi was the public face of the insurgency. -- Mike Fitzpatrick
We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out. -- Colin Powell
You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda deputies, but he and his team gave top priority to their original plan to invade Iraq. -- Bill Nelson
True enough, Osama bin Laden is dead and other al-Qaeda leaders have joined him. But, the assassination of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi is a brutal reminder that radical Islamic terror groups have not disappeared and certainly are not dormant. -- Bob Beauprez
This is actually true of the overall fight against al-Qaeda and trans-national extremists, that as you put pressure on them in one location, they'll seek safe haven sanctuaries in other areas. So you do have to continue to pursue them. But they have less capability. -- David Petraeus
I write about things that are important for us as Americans. I'm concerned about al-Qaeda sneaking across the border with the illegal immigrants that are using the coyotes to get across the border. And that's not a Democrat or Republican issue, that's a national security issue. -- Brad Thor
I think the real target of al-Qaeda is Saudi Arabia by the way. They hate us and we're a vehicle to get at Saudi Arabia. I think Osama bin Laden really wants to topple that regime and have his people move in, but that's a whole other story. -- Frank Carlucci
On one level, bombing ISIS is easy. The U.S. knows where the group operates. There's no need for a ten-year hunt like the one for Osama bin Laden. The terror group has two capital cities: Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria. Al-Qaeda never had such an obvious home address. -- Richard Engel
We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area, conducted the initial training for the attackers in training camps in Afghanistan before they moved on to Germany and then to U.S. flight schools. -- David Petraeus
Al Qaeda still remains a threat. -- Leon Panetta
Al Qaeda is closely aligned with the Chechens. -- Barton Gellman
Stategy in Iraq- defeat al-Qaeda; limit Iran's influence. -- John McCain
Denying Al Qaeda safe haven was the right decision. -- George W. Bush
Did business with Qatar, a US ally which protects al-Qaeda. -- Rudy Giuliani
Washington and New York, two primary targets for Al Qaeda. -- Howard Bloom
The candidates that can't face Fox, can't face al Qaeda. -- Roger Ailes
There are extensive contacts between Saddam Hussein's government and al Qaeda. -- Joe Lieberman
Iraq is now the central front in the war against al-Qaeda. -- John McCain
Al Qaeda has been placed on the run, but not destroyed. -- Rand Paul
Will an Iraq war make our Al Qaeda problem worse? Not likely. -- Christopher Hitchens
Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together -- Colin Powell
We deny and have always denied having the slightest link with al-Qaeda. -- Aslan Maskhadov
Within a week, or a month, Saddam could give his WMD to al-Qaeda. -- Donald Rumsfeld
That's Al Qaeda's new plan: to destroy America one period at a time. -- Chelsea Handler
We as Iraqis have suffered enormously as a result of al-Qaeda and its leader. -- Hoshyar Zebari
If I were an Al Qaeda guy, I wouldn't go out for a pizza -- Bryan Hilferty
There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government -- Dick Cheney
Fox News is worse than al Qaeda. It's as dangerous as the Ku Klux Klan. -- Keith Olbermann
Staying in a very public fight with the U.S. is exactly what Al Qaeda wants. -- Richard Engel
Al Qaeda is alive and well in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the wars are not receding. -- Lindsey Graham
Al Qaeda is very media-savvy and very focused on what goes on in the global media. -- Michael Chertoff
It makes no sense to spend $6 billion a month to go after 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. -- Robert Greenwald
There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade. -- Douglas J. Feith
It is fair to say there are individuals in the United States who ascribe to al-Qaeda-type beliefs. -- Janet Napolitano
At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan. -- Peter L. Bergen
At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan. -- Peter L. Bergen
What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain. -- Thomas Friedman
The reality is that al Qaeda has been trying to attack the United States since long before Iraq. -- Ed Royce
The worst nightmare for al Qaeda is to come into a community that feels supported and has hope. -- Lindsey Graham
I heard this rumor that al Qaeda is merging with Hamas. Yeah, I got that tip from Martha Stewart. -- David Letterman
We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority. -- Barack Obama
All around the world one heard or read that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. -- Peter Schuyler
I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular bombings are done by al Qaeda suiciders. -- George W. Bush
I would show up at a party for Al Qaeda if you said there's going to be a dinner. -- Gilbert Gottfried
If you refuse to see Superman Returns this summer, what you're saying about yourself is: I heart Al Qaeda. -- Christian Finnegan
One mushroom cloud would change history. My deepest fear is that this is exactly what they Al Qaeda intend. -- George Tenet
President Bashar Assad's regime is in the unique position of being targeted both by Israel and supporters of al Qaeda. -- Richard Engel
Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda. -- Denis McDonough
Counterterrorism analysts have known for years that al Qaeda prepares for attacks with elaborate 'targeting packages' of photographs and notes. -- Barton Gellman
There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq, until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq. -- Barack Obama
I'm going to tell you, what's good for al Qaeda is good for the Democratic Party in this country today. -- Rush Limbaugh
The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda. -- George W. Bush
The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction. -- Barton Gellman
Shortly after news of Zarqawi's death reached the media, al-Qaeda stated its intention to continue its oppression of the Iraqi people. -- Mike Fitzpatrick
Al Qaeda doesn't abide by the Geneva Conventions, so in my opinion, they should not be afforded the protections of them. -- Brad Thor
And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . . -- George W. Bush
His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists. -- Dick Cheney
The US military has achieved a decisive blow against al-Qaeda with its commando action against Osama Bin Laden and his killing. -- Angela Merkel
Saudi hijackers first came into contact with al-Qaeda and went through Terrorism 101 when they signed up for the jihad in Afghanistan. -- Thomas Friedman
We can't say whether Tehran is supporting Al Qaeda, but we do know that al-Qaida people come here from Pakistan through Iran. -- Zalmay Khalilzad
An intelligence analyst may attribute an attack to al Qaeda, whereas a policy maker could opt for the more general 'extremist.' -- Michael Hayden
We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism. -- Elliott Abrams
Our resolution urges all Latin American and Caribbean countries to designate al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad as terrorist organizations. -- Tom Lantos
If it were really the case that terrorists "hate us for our freedoms," we'd be getting more popular with Al Qaeda every month. -- Julian Sanchez
They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons. -- Douglas J. Feith
I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge. -- Dave Matthews
My core goal is to dismantle, defeat, destroy al Qaeda and its allies that killed Americans and are still plotting to go kill Americans. -- Barack Obama
The United States does not view our authority to use military force against Al Qaeda as being restricted solely to 'hot' battlefields like Afghanistan. -- John O. Brennan
We are about to be attacked by Al Qaeda. Wave flags if you have them. That always seems to scare them away. I'm kidding. -- Kurt Vonnegut
Al Qaeda has declared war on the Somali pirates. That is awesome! Evil against evil. Like Alien versus Predator or Cheney versus his lawyer. -- Craig Ferguson
God told me to strike at Al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did. -- George W. Bush
I want the American people to understand, we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan. -- Stanley A. McChrystal
We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America. Period. -- George Tenet
The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there in the first place. -- Sebastian Junger
There were no international terrorists in Iraq until we went in. It was we who gave the perfect conditions in which Al Qaeda could thrive. -- Robin Cook
It's important to understand the origins of ISIS were in the chaos of Iraq and Libya, and the origins of Al Qaeda were in Afghanistan. -- Jill Stein
If Islam opposes terrorism, then Saudi Arabia should announce that no one supportive of ISIS or Al Qaeda is welcome in Mecca to make Hajj. -- Bob Enyart

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