Dead Quote by Peter Bergen

Some might say that that while al Qaeda the organization may be basically dead, its ideology continues to thrive and to inspire 'lone wolves'…

— Peter Bergen

“Al Qaeda” didn’t translate to “the base,” as most Western media outlets had so ignorantly reported, but rather, “the database.” It referred to the…

— Brad Thor

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

Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure…

— Cofer Black

In terms of Iraq, al Qaeda valued Iraq because we destroyed a government it wanted destroyed and because we put soldiers on the ground…

— Michael Scheuer

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…

— Sebastian Junger

Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying…

— Condoleezza Rice

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…

— Bashar al-Assad

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

— Ron Suskind

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

— Rand Paul

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…

— Jill Stein

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

— Lindsey Graham