“The hope that fuels the pursuit of endless economic growth - that billions of consumers in India & China will one day enjoy the lifestyles of Europeans and Americans - is as absurd & dangerous a fantasy as anything dreamt up by Al-Qaeda. It condemns the global environment to early destruction & looks set to create reservoirs of nihilistic rage & disappointment among hundreds of millions of have-nots - the bitter outcome of the universal triumph of Western Modernity, which turns the revenge of the East into something darkly ambiguous, and all its victories truly Pyrrhic.” LooksTurnsEnjoyGrowthMillionsFantasyEnvironmentEconomicDangerousVictoryOne DayDestructionUniversalIndiaWesternDisappointmentChinaRevengeEastRageBillionsLifestylePursuitEndlessAbsurdBitterConsumersTriumphOutcomesFuelAlsEconomic GrowthModernityAl QaedaAmbiguousReservoirs Author:Pankaj Mishra
“Based on the people l've spoken to, I think the impression is: Is America safer from Al Qaeda? Yes. Is America weaker as a nation because we have overspent and over-focused on Al Qaeda? Yes. I think that would be the conclusion that people seem to have come to and that I tend to agree with.” PeopleThinkingSeemsWould BeAmericaNationsAgreeFocusedImpressionConclusionAlsAl Qaeda Author:Richard Engel
“The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It's not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.” WayLandAlsStoppingCarpetInvasionFundingBombingAl Qaeda Author:Adam McKay
“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.” ShouldPoliticsRight NowMissionsAlsAfghanistanPakistanAl QaedaTaliban Author:Max Cleland
“It makes no sense to spend $6 billion a month to go after 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.” PoliticsMonthsBillionsAlsAfghanistanAl Qaeda Author:Robert Greenwald
“They’ve taken their own precautions against Al Qaeda. To prepare for an attack, each Frenchman is urged to keep duct tape, a white flag, and a three-day supply of mistresses in the house.” ThreeHouseWhiteTakenAlsFlagsTapeMistressAl QaedaPrecautionFrenchmenDuct TapeWhite Flag Author:Argus Hamilton
“His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists.” LevelsTrainingIraqDecadesTerroristContactAlsRegimesAl QaedaHigh Level Author:Dick Cheney
“There clearly are contacts between al Qaeda and Iraq that can be documented; there clearly is testimony that some of the contacts have been important contacts and that there's a relationship here” Has BeensImportantIraqContactAlsTestimonyAl Qaeda Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together.” EnoughTogetherAmbitionHatredIraqAlsAl Qaeda Author:Colin Powell
“Within a week, or a month, Saddam could give his WMD to al-Qaeda.” GivingWeekMonthsIraqAlsSaddamAl QaedaWmd Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“In Iraq, a ruthless dictator cultivated weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. He gave support to terrorists, had an established relationship with al Qaeda, and his regime is no more.” MeanSupportStupidWeaponsMassDestructionIraqTerroristAlsRegimesDictatorRuthlessWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionAl Qaeda Author:Dick Cheney
“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.” WayCountryGovernmentAmericaPresidentCitiesStreetsPositionCitizensCourtConnectedLawyerAccessTyrannyBotherBranchesExecutivesAlsAfghanistanLockedAirportsAl QaedaTalibanAmerican CitizensLocked UpHaresExecutive Branch Author:Laurence Tribe
“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.” ExistenceWeaponsMassDestructionIraqTyrannyAdministrationPropagandaAlsTyrantsWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionAl Qaeda Author:Jimmy Carter
“The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda.” PresidentIraqTerrorCampaignsLiberationAlsAlliesCrucialAl Qaeda Author:George W. Bush
“A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us to be Muslims and know what jihad is.” KnowsLongEnoughRichIdeologyAlsVaccinesAl QaedaJihadChechnya Author:Aslan Maskhadov
“God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them; then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did.” StrikesAlsSaddamAl QaedaTaliban Author:George W. Bush
“I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular bombings are done by al Qaeda suiciders.” DoneAlsSpectacularBombingAl QaedaBushism Author:George W. Bush
“Trying to stop suiciders -- which we're doing a pretty good job of on occasion -- is difficult to do. And what the Iraqis are going to have to eventually do is convince those who are conducting suiciders who are not inspired by Al Qaeda, for example, to realize there's a peaceful tomorrow.” TryingJobsDifficultRealizingExampleTomorrowInspiredPeacefulOccasionsConvinceAlsGood JobAl QaedaConducting Author:George W. Bush
“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry.” PeopleStatesReadingUnitedWorryUnited StatesRightsConcernedCommittedTerroristAlsAl Qaeda Author:Dick Cheney
“Al Qaeda doesn't abide by the Geneva Conventions, so in my opinion, they should not be afforded the protections of them.” ShouldOpinionProtectionAlsConventionsAl QaedaGenevaGeneva Convention Author:Brad Thor
“It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.” IraqAlsSeptemberSaddamHusseinBin LadenSeptember 11Al QaedaOsama Bin LadenSeptember 11 2001 Author:Peter DeFazio
“If Islam opposes terrorism, then Saudi Arabia should announce that no one supportive of ISIS or Al Qaeda is welcome in Mecca to make Hajj.” IfsShouldIslamTerrorismWelcomeAlsSupportiveIsisAl QaedaArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisMeccaHajj Author:Bob Enyart
“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.” StatesActionForceProcessPresidentUnitedLeaderUnited StatesSecurityCitizensConstitutionCourtDuesGuaranteesAlsAccuratePermissionSeniorNational SecurityTaking ActionAl QaedaJudicialDue Process Author:Eric Holder
“The candidates that can’t face Fox, can’t face al Qaeda.” FacesCandidatesAlsFoxesAl Qaeda Author:Roger Ailes
“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?” ThinkingKnowsBelieveStatesMightMovingNextPoliticsWatchesNiceStartingIraqSpeedSatanAlsLinksSecularProvenLunaticAl QaedaStarting PointLoatheNext Move Author:Dennis Miller
“Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.” AmericaViolenceStrategyDefeatAlsAl QaedaPreventing Author:Denis McDonough
“Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure out how to keep from getting caught than they do trying to launch operations.” TryingFiguresOrganizationStressCaughtOperationsAlsMore TimeAl QaedaUnder Stress Author:Cofer Black
“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.” HardForceNationsMilitaryMembersSmartBlessedGratefulSoilAlsDozenSpeakersSeptemberCapturedSeptember 11Al QaedaTaliban Author:Marsha Blackburn
“While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the American people know it has also harbored and aided some of the al Qaeda agents who were involved in that attack.” PeopleKnowsMayHas BeensInvolvedBeing TrueAgentsAlsAlliesSeptemberSeptember 11Al QaedaSeptember 11 2001 Author:Bart Gordon
“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?” MindIndiaAimAlsPakistanAl QaedaIndia And Pakistan Author:Richard Armitage
“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 first place.” FirstsStatesNationsAlsAfghanistanAl QaedaRogues Author:Sebastian Junger