The Saddam regime was somehow connected to al-Qa'ida.    From Wordnik.com.  [Classic military blunders] Reference

Returning to al-Qa'ida, no, not AQI, the real al-Qa'ida.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans Have Short Memories] Reference

Saddam had nothing whatsoever to do with al-Qa'ida or 9/11.    From Wordnik.com.  ["War Is Hell"] Reference

He said recently there are 100 al-Qa'ida fighters in Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: Everything You Have Been Told About Afghanistan Is Wrong: The Three Great Fallacies] Reference

In reality, there are almost no al-Qa'ida fighters in Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: Everything You Have Been Told About Afghanistan Is Wrong: The Three Great Fallacies] Reference

But al-Qa'ida and the nebulous Osama bin Laden were not distracted.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

It sounds like a feverish novel about al-Qa'ida, set 30 years from now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: The World's First 'Terrorists'] Reference

That's worth repeating: there are 100 al-Qa'ida fighters in Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: Everything You Have Been Told About Afghanistan Is Wrong: The Three Great Fallacies] Reference

Argument Three: If we withdraw, it will be a great victory for al-Qa'ida.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: Everything You Have Been Told About Afghanistan Is Wrong: The Three Great Fallacies] Reference

Put a different way, American troops are right where al-Qa'ida wants them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travesty in Iraq] Reference

Blaming al-Qa'ida is quite popular these days, has been for quite a while.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans Have Short Memories] Reference

Second, they had to hunt down and kill or capture al-Qa'ida of Iraq (AQI) members.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans Have Short Memories] Reference

Indeed, many, including this writer, knew that Saddam was a sworn enemy of al-Qa'ida.    From Wordnik.com.  ["War Is Hell"] Reference

Ironically, the very last thing al-Qa'ida wants is for the U.S. to withdraw from Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travesty in Iraq] Reference

By all estimates, al-Qa'ida is as strong as ever, more diverse and infinitely smarter.    From Wordnik.com.  [This didn't have to happen] Reference

The neo-Taliban in Afghanistan, like the Pakistani Taliban, are the children of al-Qa'ida.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nathan Gardels: Is Defeating Taliban Key to Stopping Al Qaeda?] Reference

Ironically, the very last thing al-Qa'ida wants is for the U.S. to withdraw from Iraqi cities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans Have Short Memories] Reference

According to a recent BBC poll, a mere 19% of Pakistanis had negative views regarding al-Qa'ida.    From Wordnik.com.  [This didn't have to happen] Reference

The al-Qa'ida organization was based in Afghanistan under the umbrella of the Taliban leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  [Classic military blunders] Reference

The American invasion of Iraq has been recruiting poster material for al-Qa'ida for over six years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travesty in Iraq] Reference

There are plenty of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan - but they are a different matter to al-Qa'ida.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: Everything You Have Been Told About Afghanistan Is Wrong: The Three Great Fallacies] Reference

These wars will, he said, boost al-Qa'ida recruitment across the world, and in time "bankrupt America.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: Everything You Have Been Told About Afghanistan Is Wrong: The Three Great Fallacies] Reference

Intelligence determined inDecember 2001 that it wasthe hideout for Osama bin Laden and the al-Qa'ida leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  [This didn't have to happen] Reference

In addition to that, my Agency and our Community writ large had limited knowledge about al-Qa'ida and its workings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notable & Quotable] Reference

Those troops have kept al-Qa'ida at bay, killed many of them, and certainly "fixed" them, as we say in military jargon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Revisionist / Dick Cheney] Reference

Yet, for al-Qa'ida operationally, there is nothing more important now than the Taliban wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nathan Gardels: Is Defeating Taliban Key to Stopping Al Qaeda?] Reference

They were placed that way because al-Qa'ida was aware that no one was going to pat down that area of his body too closely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leon T. Hadar: The Keystone Cops Meet the Parents; And Let's Not Invade Yemen] Reference

The only hope for American forces in 2001 was a quick decisive victory over the Taliban government and the al-Qa'ida forces.    From Wordnik.com.  ["War Is Hell"] Reference

Incidentally, fourth-generation wars are defined as wars fought by non-state actors, for example, the Taliban and al-Qa'ida.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bold Moves] Reference

There was absolutely no policy priority attributed to al-Qa'ida by the Cheney-Bush administration in the months before 9/11.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Revisionist / Dick Cheney] Reference

Wilkerson, a retired Army colonel who flew combat missions in Vietnam, wrote for The Washington Note: al-Qa'ida will be back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush Official: They Knew Many Innocent Were Tortured] Reference

There arefour reasons for this judgment, Bush's thinking, longevity, economic impact, and the resurgence of the Taliban and al-Qa'ida.    From Wordnik.com.  [Classic military blunders] Reference

The Taliban and al-Qa'ida, its leaders and its soldiers, escaped to the lawless hinterland of western Pakistan, wherein they still reside.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. President, It Is Time to Make Bold Moves] Reference

Both the Taliban and al-Qa'ida escaped to Pakistan, out of reach from NATO forces who are now dependent on a fractious Pakistan to correct American errors of judgment.    From Wordnik.com.  ["War Is Hell"] Reference