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President Bush Says al-Qaida Threat Won't Deter U.S. NewsMax.com WiresCRAWFORD, Texas -- President Bush said Thursday that videotape threats from al-Qaida's second-in-command will not drive the United States out of Iraq or the broader Middle East. "We will stay on the offense against these people," Bush said of the comments by Ayman al-Zawahri. Story Continues Below Al-Zawahri threatened more destruction in London and said in a videotape earlier Thursday that the United States would suffer tens of thousands of military dead if it does not withdraw from Iraq. "They're terrorists and they're killers and they will kill innocent people...so they can impose their dark vision on the world," Bush said as he stood alongside Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Their talks at Bush's ranch focused heavily on terrorism and the problem of narcotics trafficking. Uribe said that both he and Bush consider the war against international terrorism a top priority of both their countries. "The great enemy of Colombian democracy is terrorism...and our great partner in defeating it has been the government and people of the United States," Uribe said. "U.S. cooperation has been exemplary. It has gone beyond rhetoric. ... All democratic countries should know that." Bush vowed continued U.S. aid to help Colombia fight narco-terrorism, and to enhance its economy and its economic institutions. "America will continue to stand with the people of Colombia," he said. Uribe said more U.S. support was important and thanked Bush for seeking more aid from Congress. "We cannot leave this task half finished," he said. Bush also paid tribute to Marines who died over the past few days in bombings in Iraq, several of whom were from the same military unit from Columbus, Ohio. He said that the community of Brook Park "suffered mightily over the last couple of days." "I hope they can take comfort in the fact that millions of their fellow citizens pray of them," he said.
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