US bases in Saudi Arabia was one of the 'grievances' of al Qaeda:
> 3. One of the principal goals of al Qaeda was to drive the United States armed forces out of Saudi Arabia (and elsewhere on the Saudi Arabian peninsula) and Somalia by violence. Members of al Qaeda issued fatwahs (rulings on Islamic law) indicating that such attacks were both proper and necessary.
While there was no land invasion of Iraq, I'm not sure "goes home" is completely accurate:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_no-fly_zones_conflict
US bases in Saudi Arabia was one of the 'grievances' of al Qaeda:
> 3. One of the principal goals of al Qaeda was to drive the United States armed forces out of Saudi Arabia (and elsewhere on the Saudi Arabian peninsula) and Somalia by violence. Members of al Qaeda issued fatwahs (rulings on Islamic law) indicating that such attacks were both proper and necessary.
* https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/network/alqae...