Press Gaggle by Scott McClellan
09/03/2003
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
I am proud to be with you guys.
We didn't drive al Qaeda out of their safe haven in Afghanistan only to let them set up a new safe haven in a free Iraq.
The violence is caused by Sunni Arabs, like al Qaeda, who have made it clear that they want to create chaos.
Our intelligence community concludes that 'Al Qaeda and its regional node in Iraq are united in their overarching strategy.'