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On September 8, 2019, two separate attacks targeted a food convoy and transport truck, killing at least 29 people in Burkina Faso’s Sanmatenga province. A government statement claimed Islamist terrorists deliberately targeted the provisions meant for displaced people.  
In their own words
The Israeli enemy will suffer more defeats at the hands of the Palestinians until final victory is achieved by the resistance front.
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, Houthis military, spiritual, and political leader May 24, 2021
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On September 5, 2018, an ISIS suicide bomber targeted a wrestling club in Kabul, Afghanistan. As emergency services, police, and journalists arrived at the scene, an explosives-laden vehicle was detonated. The two blasts killed 26 people and wounded 91 others. 
In their own words
"We have a strategic relationship with our brothers in the Islamic Republic of Iran, with our brothers in Hezbollah, and with many in the region. It is no secret that Iran played a very important role in building the force that was seen during the battle of the sword of Jerusalem."
Ismail Haniyeh, Chief of Hamas’s Political Bureau Aug. 10, 2021
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On September 1, 2017, a bomb planted in a market in Af-Urur, near Somalia’s Galgala hills, killed at least 12 people. Al-Shabaab, which controlled the area, claimed responsibility for the attack. 
In their own words
After 17 years of struggle we are winning the actual war and the digital war against infidels and the puppet regime established by the Americans to govern Afghanistan.
Zabiullah Mujahid, Spokesman of the Taliban May 10, 2019
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On August 30, 2019, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants beat and fired live rounds at protesters in the Atmeh camp for internally displaced people. The demonstrations were against Turkey’s closure of the border and inaction against the Syrian regime’s bombing campaign if Idlib.   
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On August 29, 2016, Abu Sayyaf Group fighters clashed with Philippine Army soldiers in Patikul in the southern Philippines. The militants killed 15 troops, two of whom they beheaded amid the firefight. 
In their own words
We are a Palestinian movement of resistance against the occupation. Yes, our roots are in the Muslim Brotherhood. Ideologically, we were, and still are, part of the Muslim Brotherhood, but we are an independent Palestinian movement.
Khaled Meshaal, Former chief of Hamas’s and current leader of Hamas’s diaspora office July 4, 2021

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

In Their Own Words:

The current stage demands that we exhaust the enemy until it whines and moans due to economic and military bleeding. It is in this context that the operations outside the theatre in which the enemy expects us to strike, operations on enemy soil and beyond enemy lines becomes evident.

Ayman al-Zawahiri, Leader of al-Qaeda Sept. 11, 2021
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