Al Qaeda Quotes - Page 2

• 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

  Iraq, Special, United States

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• 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

  Iraq, Effort, Collaboration

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. June 20, 2004.

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• There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.

  Douglas J. Feith

  Government, Als, Linkages

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• 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

  Wall, Sacrifice, Liberty

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• Mr. Speaker, we are a blessed Nation. We have not suffered another attack on our soil since September 11, and we are grateful. We have killed or captured dozens of members of al Qaeda and the Taliban. Our military and intelligence forces are working both hard and smart.

  Marsha Blackburn

  Military, Smart, Grateful

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• 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

  Blood, Hands, Editors

  "Assange: WikiLeaks 'fearlessly publishing facts'". www.cnn.com. December 08, 2010.

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• 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

  Safe Haven, Als, Return

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• The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda.

  John Yoo

  War, Iraq, Effort

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• The blame for the 9/11 attacks lays squarely and exclusively with the Al-Qaeda network.

  Kay Granger

  Als, Blame, Lays

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• There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government.

  Dick Cheney

  Government, Als, Connections

  "The World; What the Bush Administration Said". www.nytimes.com. June 20, 2004.

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• I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Europe, President

  "Obama Holds Town Hall in Strasbourg, France". Federal News Service, www.washingtonpost.com. April 3, 2009.

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• Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

  Barack Obama

  Usa, President, Hussein

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• Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action.

  John Yoo

  Mean, Wmd, Goal

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• It has never demonstrated any desire to provide humane treatment to captured Americans. If anything, the murders of Nicholas Berg and Daniel Pearl declare al Qaeda's intentions to kill even innocent civilian prisoners.

  John Yoo

  Desire, Pearls, Als

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• There are extensive contacts between Saddam Hussein's government and al Qaeda.

  Joe Lieberman

  Government, Hussein, Als

  "Twisting the Al-Qaida Connection" by Mithridate Ombud, www.newsbusters.org. November 28, 2005.

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• Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, New York, War

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• Our mission is to go after Al Qaeda, not the Taliban. Right now, they are in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. We should go after them wherever they are.

  Max Cleland

  Pakistan, Politics, Als

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• The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda.

  George W. Bush

  Iraq, President, Allies

  Announces End of Major Combat Operations in Iraq, delivered 1 May 2003 from the USS Abraham Lincoln, off the coast of San Diego, CA

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• To date, we've arrested or otherwise dealt with many key commanders of al Qaeda... All told, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been arrested in many countries. Many others have met a different fate. Let's put it this way - they are no longer a problem to the United States and our friends and allies.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Humor, Fate

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• God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them; then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did.

  George W. Bush

  Als, Strikes, Taliban

  "‘How Bush Rules’" by Sidney Blumenthal, www.nytimes.com. September 24, 2006.

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• Al Qaeda doesn't abide by the Geneva Conventions, so in my opinion, they should not be afforded the protections of them.

  Brad Thor

  Als, Opinion, Protection

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• There is an irony that the most active anti-gay groups are Al-Qaeda and the American Right wing.

  Barney Frank

  Gay, Wings, Groups

  "Barney Frank Doesn't Care What Al-Qaeda Thinks Of His Marriage" by Andrew Kaczynski, www.buzzfeed.com. April 25, 2013.

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• There was promulgation of false propaganda by the administration about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There was promulgation of false propaganda about Iraq as a base for Al Qaeda.

  Jimmy Carter

  Mass Destruction, Tyrants, Iraq

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• It bothers me that the executive branch is taking the amazing position that just on the president's say-so, any American citizen can be picked up, not just in Afghanistan, but at O'Hare Airport or on the streets of any city in this country, and locked up without access to a lawyer or court just because the government says he's connected somehow with the Taliban or Al Qaeda. That's not the American way. It's not the constitutional way.

  Laurence Tribe

  Country, America, Airports

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• 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

  Religious, War, Islam

  Source: legrandsoir.info

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