The Hugh Hewitt Show. , http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/talkradio/transcripts/Transcript.aspx?ContentGuid=ae522a49-6c82-4791-a76e-44ebb718bf32 <br class="br">2000s, 2008
John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States
During an official visit in Amman, Jordon, making a statement and then being corrected by Senator Joe Lieberman http://web.archive.org/web/20080324115205/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtqD_x9yYIuq_7S2dimSjMV5qRmg (18 March 2008) <br class="br">2000s, 2008
“Al-Qaeda is still the biggest threat for Iraq and the region.”
Nouri al-Maliki (1950) Prime Minister of Iraq
As quoted in "Only 'one in five Iraqis' has confidence in coalition" http://www.24dash.com/news/57/18079/index.htm (March 2007), 24Dash.
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
Speech in Columbus, Ohio (27 February 2008)
2008
“Will an Iraq war make our Al Qaeda problem worse? Not likely.”
Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq (Plume, 2003) [published in the United Kingdom as Regime Change]; quoted in "The Genocidal Imagination of Christopher Hitchens" http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/seymour261105.html by Richard Seymour, Monthly Review (2005-11-26): On the 2003 invasion of Iraq <br class="br">2000s, 2005
George Soros (1930) Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
Why We Must Not Reelect President Bush (2004)
Context: President Bush inadvertently played right into the hands of bin Laden. The invasion of Afghanistan was justified: that was where bin Laden lived and al Qaeda had its training camps. The invasion of Iraq was not similarly justified. It was President Bush's unintended gift to bin Laden.
“You know who doesn't like _____? Al-Qaeda!”
Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014), Commonly repeated
Ahmad Jannati (1927) Iranian ayatollah
Terror in London (9) - Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati in Tehran Friday Sermon: The English Government May Have Caused the London Bombings Like the US Government May Have Caused 9/11 http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/758.htm July 2005. <br class="br">Al Qaeda
Michael Scheuer (1952) American counterterrorism analyst
Hardball with Chris Matthews http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6511081/ November 16, 2004 <br class="br">2000s
“You know who is protecting al-Qaeda right now? It’s Saudi Arabia.”
Tulsi Gabbard (1981) U.S. Representative from Hawaii's 2nd congressional district
27 June 2019 https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1144094334666645505 <br class="br">2019
