Al Qaeda Quotes - Page 7

• I don't think Israel can accept an Iranian terror base next to its major cities any more than the United States could accept an al Qaeda base next to New York City.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  New York, Thinking, Israel

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• Al Qaeda still remains a threat.

  Leon Panetta

  Als, Threat, Stills

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• The people who illegally cross into the country are from countries that have very close ties to al Qaeda, whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan, Pakistan, China. It is an absolute national disgrace.

  Rick Perry

  Country, Ties, People

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• Washington and New York, two primary targets for Al Qaeda.

  Howard Bloom

  New York, Two, Target

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• I have assured His Majesty that our war is against evil, not against Islam. There are thousands of Muslims who proudly call themselves Americans, and they know what I know - that the Muslim faith is based upon peace and love and compassion. The exact opposite of the teachings of the al Qaeda organization, which is based upon evil and hate and destruction.

  George W. Bush

  Hate, War, Teaching

  "America's New War: President Bush Meets in Oval Office with King of Jordan". "CNN Live Event/Special", www.cnn.com. September 28, 2001.

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• Credible reporting indicates that Al Qaeda is moving forward with its plans to carry out a large-scale attack in the United States in an effort to disrupt our democratic process.

  Tom Ridge

  Moving, Effort, United States

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• The terrorists who have succeeded in carrying out spectacular attacks against Western targets in the past have been college-educated, technically proficient men who are capable of manufacturing and deploying chemical, radiological, and biological weapons. Al Qaeda attracts the kind of highly educated men who one day might be able to pull off such an attack.

  Peter Bergen

  Past, College, Men

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• One mushroom cloud would change history. My deepest fear is that this is exactly what they [Al Qaeda] intend.

  George Tenet

  Clouds, Mushrooms, Als

  "At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA". Book by George Tenet and Bill Harlow (Chapter "They Want to Change History"), www.nbcnews.com. April 30, 2007.

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• Look what happened with regard to our invasion into Afghanistan, how we apparently intentionally let bin Laden get away. That was done by the previous administration because they knew very well that if they would capture al Qaeda, there would be no justification for an invasion in Iraq. There’s no question that the leader of the military operations of the U.S. called back our military, called them back from going after the head of al Qaeda.

  Maurice Hinchey

  Military, Iraq, Leader

  "Dem: Bush intentionally lost bin Laden" by Andy Barr, www.politico.com. November 30, 2009.

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• Al-Qaeda's resurgence brings out the worst in the Bush Administration's math and logic.

  Jon Stewart

  Math, Als, Administration

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• We`re facing a very different sort of threat now, a more amorphous threat, al Qaeda, terrorism, and so on. And so the military has abandoned the two-war strategy.

  Joe Klein

  Military, War, Two

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. September 14, 2013.

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• Al Qaeda's message that violence, terrorism and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking dignity and hope is being rejected each day in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and throughout the Arab lands.

  Elliott Abrams

  Land, Egypt, Yemen

  "Opinion: The Thanks of a Grateful Nation" by Joel D. Hirst, www.foxnews.com. May 2, 2011.

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• I'm going to tell you, what's good for al Qaeda is good for the Democratic Party in this country today.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, Party, Als

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• Some have argued that the President is required to get permission from a federal court before taking action against a United States citizen who is a senior operational leader of al Qaeda or associated forces. This is simply not accurate. 'Due process' and 'judicial process' are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security. The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

  Eric Holder

  Senior, Leader, President

  Address at Northwestern University Law School, delivered 5 March 2012, Chicago, IL

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• The candidates that can’t face Fox, can’t face al Qaeda.

  Roger Ailes

  Als, Faces, Foxes

  "Murdoch, Ailes, Weymouth Pump Bloomberg At Breindel Awards". observer.com. June 6, 2007.

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• And I know your next move, I watch you so much, 'There's been no proven link between the secular state of Iraq and al-Qaeda!' Come on. They both think we're Satan. Isn't that a nice starting point? Why are you so loathe to believe they might have each other on lunatic speed dial?

  Dennis Miller

  Nice, Believe, Moving

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• Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.

  Denis McDonough

  America, Als, Violence

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• 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

  India And Pakistan, Mind, Als

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• Al-Qaeda has a kind of loose, almost entrepreneurial structure with lots of cells in various countries that are semi-independent.

  Ron Suskind

  Country, Independent, Cells

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• 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

  America, Als, Authority

  "George Tenet: At the center of the storm". "60 Minutes" with Scott Pelley, www.cbsnews.com. April 25, 2007.

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• We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a low-probability, high-impact event like this . . . If there’s a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response.

  Dick Cheney

  Impact, Events, Nuclear

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• Our enemy is Al Qaeda and its allies, people who have publicly said they wish to attack the United States again, people who have publicly called on nuclear physicists and engineers to help them gain access to nuclear weapons, which, as the whole world knows, Pakistan has.

  Richard Holbrooke

  People, Enemy, Wish

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• At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan.

  Peter Bergen

  Drawing, People, Als

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• The people on the streets of Egypt and Tunisia and Libya and Syria and Iran have done more to defeat the ideology of Al Qaeda than anything that the United States has done. They have shown that there is a third way, that with peaceful protest you can have an end to dictatorship and a role for human dignity, a role for your religious faith in society.

  Reza Aslan

  Religious, Egypt, Iran

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Intervention in Syria is not an option. President Obama has already helped foment this civil war and supported the al-Qaeda jihadists. This is an explosive region, and more US intervention means more people will die. We should be choosing peace - not a new conflict. More so than anyone else, my supporters know that America cannot afford another unlawful, immoral war in the Middle East. Stand with me and tell President Obama to stay out of Syria.

  Ron Paul

  War, Mean, America

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