But a majority don't think it is going to work in terms of being able to stop terrorists there from using Afghanistan as a terrorist base to do terrorists acts against the United States."

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

He said the main goal must be to prevent the country from again becoming a base for terrorist attacks on the United States as it was in 2001,which he said requires preventing the Taliban from returning to power.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

That is our biggest concern in terms of maintaining unity and keeping Syria from being an operating base for terrorist extremists.

NEWYORKER: The Thin Red Line

Spanish security services believe another target of the alleged terrorist cell may have been a joint U.S.-Spanish naval base in Rota, Spain, near where they were based, and have not ruled out other possible targets in Europe.

CNN: Spain 'al Qaeda cell' may have targeted Gibraltar