

“No act of the terrorists will change our purpose or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate.

Ultimate victory is inevitable, he suggested. He added that, in defeating Hussein, “we have removed an ally of al-Qaeda and cut off a source of terrorist funding.” As of tonight, nearly one-half of al-Qaeda’s senior operatives have been captured or killed,” he said. “From Pakistan to the Philippines to the Horn of Africa, we are hunting down al-Qaeda killers. 11 attack, although the administration has never tied the Iraqi leader to that event. 11th, 2001.” He also said Hussein’s demise was a serious blow to the al-Qaeda terrorist organization blamed for the Sept. He called the defeat of Hussein “one victory in a war on terror that began on Sept. “We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide.” “The war on terror is not over, yet it is not endless,” he said.

troops still under fire on the streets of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, the president cast Iraq as merely one battle in the fight against terrorism initiated by the attacks of Sept.
