“Everyone must know that we will not hesitate in targeting it whenever we can and wherever it is on this planet.”“An Interview With Abdelmalek Droukdal,” New York Times, July 1, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/world/africa/01transcript-droukdal.html.

“We sacrifice our souls and blood to defend you [Muslims] and to protect you from the sons of France and the agents of America. Our nation must know that we are in a war against the apostates and their crusader masters.”“An Interview With Abdelmalek Droukdal,” New York Times, July 1, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/world/africa/01transcript-droukdal.html.

“America or other than America will not frighten us, but we never underestimate the reason. We do strive to make the right plans to face this evil alliance against Islam and the Muslims. America must know that when it gets involved in a war with the sons of Youssouf ibn Tachfine and the grand children of Tarik ibn Ziyad, then the region will turn on fire under America’s feet, if God permits it. We will mobilize the sons of the Islamic Maghreb in order to soak the nose of the Americans in the mud, and put into their account that’s already filled with defeats, another defiance.”“An Interview With Abdelmalek Droukdal,” New York Times, July 1, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/world/africa/01transcript-droukdal.html.

“Today the global security is one and indivisible. So it is upon the American and European nations to choose: either they share security, luxury and good neighborhood with us, or we share war, fear and destruction. ‘Good for good and the first is blessed’ and ‘An eye for an eye and the first is cursed’.”“Words of Wisdom,” Inspire Magazine 11 (2013): 11, https://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/inspire-magazine-issue-11.pdf. See Aaron Y. Zelin, “al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula’s al-Malāḥim Media releases Inspire Magazine Issue #11,” Jihadology, May 30, 2013, http://jihadology.net/2013/05/30/al-qaidah-in-the-arabian-peninsulas-al-mala%E1%B8%A5im-media-releases-inspire-magazine-issue-11/.

Preaching the Friday sermon at Jamia Markaz al-Qadsia mosque:
“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,” The Long War Journal, April 7th, 2012, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/04/we_do_jihad_lashkar.php.

“[Answering the question “Why Target Nairobi’s Westgate Mall?”] It is a place where tourists from around the world come to shop, where diplomats gather,… where Kenya’s decision-makers go to relax and enjoy themselves… a place where there are Jewish and American shops.”A Shabāb Mujahid Bro, “End of Safari,” Inspire Magazine, no. 12 (Spring 2014): 30, https://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/inspire-magazine-issue-12.pdf. See Aaron Y. Zelin, “al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula’s al-Malāḥim Media releases Inspire Magazine Issue #12,” Jihadology, March 14, 2014, http://jihadology.net/2014/03/14/al-qaidah-in-the-arabian-peninsulas-al-mala%E1%B8%A5im-media-releases-inspire-magazine-issue-12/.

“ISIS, without a shadow of a doubt, is helped by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey. Furthermore, many talk about American involvement.Matteo Carnieletto, “Roberto Fiore: ‘Il governo siriano ha documenti che dimostrano la presenza di foreign fighter italiani con Isis,’” Il Giornale, June 6, 2015, http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/roberto-fiore-governo-siriano-ha-documenti-che-dimostrano-pr-1139452.html.

“It is not possible for Kataib Hizbollah or any of the resistance factions to be in the same trench as the Americans.”Saif Hameed, “Iraq special forces advance in Tikrit, U.S. coalition joins fight,” Reuters, March 27, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/27/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-idUSKBN0MM0R220150327.

“In order to express our opposition to America’s participation, we had left [the] Tikrit operation.”“Hard-line Shiite militias quit Tikrit campaign over US airstrikes,” Rudaw, March 27, 2015, http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-04/inside-iraq-s-iranian-backed-militias.

“[ISIS is]a product of the CIA and Mossad. The one who benefits most from [the Islamic State] is the Zionist entity, which is the spoiled child of the United States.”David Kenner, “For God and Country, and Iran,” Foreign Policy, March 5, 2015, http://rudaw.net/mobile/english/middleeast/iraq/270320151.