Qasim al-Raymi, Emir (leader) of AQAP, November 2014

Author
Qasim al-Raymi
Date
Nov. 2014
Name of Author
Qasim al-Raymi
Quote URL
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/11/aqap_military_commander_rallie.p…
Body

The Houthi rebels are “the coming rifle of America.” Al-Raymi threatens the Houthis with “horrors that will make the hair of young children turn grey.”Oren Adaki, “AQAP military commander rallies Sunnis against alleged US-Houthi alliance,” Long War Journal, November 24, 2014, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/11/aqap_military_commander_rallie.php.

Rhetoric Category
Anti-American
Threat
AQAP (Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula)

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