Al qaeda Quote by Hoshyar Zebari

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

— Anonymous

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

— George W. Bush

Al Qaeda has been placed on the run, but not destroyed.

— Rand Paul

Al Qaeda has come back. Al Qaeda is a resilient organization. But they're not here in large numbers. But al Qaeda doesn't have to…

— John R. Allen

We don't have enough American troops inside of Iraq to destroy ISIL any time soon.

— Lindsey Graham

Mr. Speaker, we are a blessed Nation. We have not suffered another attack on our soil since September 11, and we are grateful. We…

— Marsha Blackburn

We're at war with the ISIS caliphate that sprang up because Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama precipitously withdrew all American forces from Iraq and…

— Mike Pence

We have not destroyed al Qaeda, so we still have that to worry about. We have its traditional allies, the Kashmiri groups, the groups…

— Michael Scheuer

In an odd way, we have really destroyed two of our strongest allies against the Islamists. Saddam Hussein, and we've probably fatally undermined Bashir…

— Michael Scheuer

Will an Iraq war make our Al Qaeda problem worse? Not likely.

— Christopher Hitchens

In the beginning, in 2003, there was the Iraqi resistance, which didn't want the US occupation, then they developed Al Qaeda, but even then…

— Yanar Mohammed

Al Qaeda is alive and well in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the wars are not receding.

— Lindsey Graham