Abdelmalek Droukdel, New York Times Interview, July 2008

Date
Jul. 2008
Name of Author
Abdelmalek Droukdel
Body

“We will strive to strike them whenever we can. And we are sure that America is going to lose its war against us like it lost it against Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s America that is unfair and that started evil and injustice…we will not hesitate in targeting it whenever we can and wherever it is on this planet.” (New York Times Interview)“An Interview with Abdelmalek Droukdal,” New York Times, July 1, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/world/africa/01transcript-droukdal.html?pagewanted=all.

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