In August 2003, Coalition Provisional Authority leader in Iraq L. Paul Bremer said to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice: ” ‘[Secretary of State] Colin [Powell] and I are convinced that Iraq has become the decisive theater in the war on terrorism and that if we win in Iraq, international terrorism can be defeated.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– L. Paul Bremer with Malcolm McConnell, My Year in Iraq, Page 285