Qasim al-Raymi, Emir (leader) of AQAP, December 21, 2013
“[Yemeni ministries] cooperate with the American drones by spying, planting chips, providing information or offering intelligence advice… all these are considered legitimate targets for us. We have a long list of these places, in case they will continue we will continue. We will reach them. Because we defend ourselves… And by the will of the exalted we will reach them before they reach us.”“Al-Malahim Media presents a new video message from al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula’s Qasim al-Raymi: ‘Comment on the Targeting of the Defense Ministry in Sanaa,’” Jihadology, December 21, 2013, http://jihadology.net/2013/12/21/al-mala%E1%B8%A5im-media-presents-a-new-video-message-from-al-qaidah-in-the-arabian-peninsulas-qasim-al-raymi-comment-on-the-targeting-of-the-defense-ministry-in-%E1%B9%A3anaa/.