The killers know that Iraq is the central front in the war on terror.

We do not condone torture. I have never ordered torture. I will never order torture. The values of this country are such that torture is not a part of our soul and our being.

What they're trying to do is they're trying to shake our will and our confidence. They're trying to get us to withdraw from the world so that they can impose their dark vision on people.

We will not be intimidated by the brutal action of these barbaric people.

The murder of Paul shows the evil nature of the enemy we face. These are barbaric people. There's no justification whatsoever for his murder.

It shows the evil nature of the enemy we face.

Well, the reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al Qaeda because there was a relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda.

There are al Qaeda terrorists inside Iraq. Senior members of Iraqi intelligence and al Qaeda had met at least eight times since the early 1990s.

This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and al Qaeda.

One of the Bush administration's arguments for the war in Iraq was that Saddam Hussein helped al Qaeda.

The interim Iraqi government will deal with Al-Sadr. In the way they see fit. They're sovereign.

We want to make sure that he is secure. He's a killer. He is a thug. He needs to be brought to trial.