Al qaeda Quote by Yanar Mohammed

Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein brutally repressed all forms of opposition to his regime, and before the Iraq War, al Qaeda had no presence in…

— Peter Bergen

There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq, until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq.

— Barack Obama

Remember back then we thought about al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and a few other places? well, we've seen al Qaeda metastasize. It…

— Tom Ridge

They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn't part of the real war on terror. Someone should tell that to…

— John Boehner

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

— Anonymous

Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together

— Colin Powell

The 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and coalition partners stands as one of the greatest blunders in American history. The Islamic State, also…

— Lawrence Wright

We as Iraqis have suffered enormously as a result of al-Qaeda and its leader.

— Hoshyar Zebari

Iraq is now the central front in the war against al-Qaeda.

— John McCain

The reality is that al Qaeda has been trying to attack the United States since long before Iraq.

— Ed Royce

Al Qaeda still remains a threat.

— Leon Panetta

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

— George W. Bush