Muhammad Hafiz Saeed, LeT founder and leader, 2012

Author
Hafiz Saeed Khan
Date
2012
Name of Author
Muhammad Hafiz Saeed
Body

“This is the same jihad which caused the USSR to break [in Afghanistan] and now America is failing because of it. Analysts and journalists don’t realize why America is failing, the only reason is jihad.”Bill Roggio, “‘We Do Jihad,’ Says Lashkar-e-Taiba Emir Hafiz Saeed,” Long War Journal, April 7, 2012, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/04/we_do_jihad_lashkar.php.

Rhetoric Category
Anti-American
Pro-Violence
Pro–Violent Jihad
Threat
Lashkar-e-Taiba

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