Al-Shabaab statement on Charlie Hebdo and Kosher deli attacks, January 21, 2015

Author
Al-Shabaab
Name of Author
Al-Shabab
Body

“We encourage all Muslims, specifically the sons of Tawheed living in Europe, to follow in the footsteps of their brothers… We...thank our brothers, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, who have been—and continue to be—the pioneers of external operations that target the heart of the Crusader enemies…”Feisal Omar, “Somali Islamist militants praise strikes at 'heart of Crusader',” Reuters, January 21, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/21/us-somalia-france-attacks-idUSKBN0KU1KC20150121.

Rhetoric Category
Anti-European
Pro-Violence
Threat
Al-Shabaab

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