Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Leader and Founder of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, May 19, 2005

Date
May 19, 2005
Name of Author
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Body

“The shedding of Muslim blood…is allowed in order to avoid the greater evil of disrupting jihad.” David Aaron, In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad (Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2008), 228.

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On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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