Bush: 10 Al-Qaida Attacks Stopped (3 foiled attempts inside US)

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http://www.wjactv.com/news/5064741/detail.html

Bush: 10 Al-Qaida Attacks Stopped
3 Foiled Attacks Aimed Inside U.S.


WHITE HOUSE -- President George W. Bush says the United States and its partners have disrupted at least 10 al-Qaida plots since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, including three planned for inside the U.S.

Bush delivered what the White House called a "major" speech on the war on terror and how Iraq fits into the struggle.

Bush compared the war on terrorism to the struggle against communism. He also said there can be no negotiating with terrorists.

"No act of ours invited the rage of the killers and no concession or appeasement will change or limit their plans for murder," Bush said.

from the WH:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051006-2.html

Fact Sheet: President Bush Remarks on the War on Terror

President Bush Remarks On The War On Terror

The Strategy To Win

The President Outlined The Strategy To Win The War On Terror. Defeating a broad and adaptive network requires patience, constant pressure, and strong partners. Working with these partners, the U.S. is disrupting militant conspiracies, destroying their ability to make war, and giving millions a hopeful alternative to resentment and violence.

First, We Are Preventing Terrorist Attacks Before They Occur. We are reorganizing government for a broad and coordinated homeland defense, reforming intelligence agencies for the difficult task of tracking enemy activity, and acting, along with governments from many countries, to destroy the terrorist networks and incapacitate their leaders. We have prevented terrorist plots and Al-Qaida efforts to case targets in the United States. Because of strikes against terrorist leaders and disruption of their plots, the enemy is wounded but still capable of deadly operations around the globe. Our commitment is clear: we will not relent until the organized international terror networks are exposed and broken and their leaders held to account for their acts of murder.

Second, We Are Denying Weapons Of Mass Destruction To Outlaw Regimes And Their Terrorist Allies. Working with Great Britain, Pakistan, and other nations, we shut down A.Q. Khan's black-market operation in nuclear technology. Libya abandoned its chemical and nuclear weapons programs, as well as its long-range ballistic missiles. In the last year, America and our partners in the Proliferation Security Initiative have stopped more than a dozen shipments of suspect weapons technology - including equipment for Iran's ballistic missile programs. This progress has reduced the danger, but not removed it. Evil men still work to gain these weapons, and we are working urgently to keep them out of their hands.

Third, We Are Determined To Deny Radical Groups The Support And Sanctuary Of Outlaw Regimes. State sponsors like Syria and Iran have a long history of collaboration with terrorists - and they deserve no patience from the victims of terror. The United States makes no distinction between those who commit acts of terror and those who support and harbor terrorists, because they are equally guilty of murder.

from the transcript:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/administration/bushtext_100605.html

BUSH: Overall, the United States and our partners have disrupted at least 10 serious Al Qaida terrorist plots since September the 11th, including three Al Qaida plots to attack inside the United States. We've stopped at least five more Al Qaida efforts to case targets in the United States or infiltrate operatives into our country.

Because of the steady progress, the enemy is wounded. But the enemy is still capable of global operations.