Anti-American

KH Website, September 2011

Author
Date
Sep. 2011
Name of Author
KH Website
Body

“When the [U.S.] occupation gets out of the country with his agents, the Iraqi nation will be unified. Whoever calls for keeping the occupation is linking his destiny with the occupation and has sold himself as cheap, and he should leave the country with his masters.”Associated Press, “Iraqi cleric: Don't attack U.S. troops,” Politico, September 11, 2011, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63169.html.

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Former Supreme Guide Mohammed Mahdi Akef, September 2011

Date
Sep. 2011
Name of Author
Mohammed Mahdi Akef
Muslim Brotherhood
Body

“We believe that Zionism, the United States, and England are gangs that kill children and women and men and destroy houses and fields. Zionism is a gang, not a country. So we will resist them until they don’t have a country.”Eric Trager, “The Unbreakable Muslim Brotherhood: Grim Prospects for a Liberal Egypt,” Foreign Affairs, 90 (2011): 114, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68211/eric-trager/the-unbreakable-muslim-brotherhood.

Ali Khamenei, June 2011

Author
Date
Jun. 2011
Name of Author
Ali Khamenei
Body

“Wherever a movement is Islamic, populist, and anti-American, we support it.”Geneive Abdo, “How Iran Keeps Assad in Power in Syria,” Foreign Affairs, August 25, 2011, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68230/geneive-abdo/how-iran-keeps-assad-in-power-in-syria.

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Ayman al-Zawahiri, June 2011

Date
June 2011
Name of Author
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Body

On Osama bin Laden’s death:

“We must continue on [Bin Laden's] path of jihad to expel the invaders from the land of Muslims and to purify it from injustice.

“The man who terrified America in his life will continue to terrify it after his death. You will continue to be troubled by his famous vow: You shall not dream of security until we enjoy it and until you depart the Muslims' lands.

“America is not facing an individual or a group, but a rebelling nation, which has awoken from its sleep in a jihadist renaissance.”“Ayman al-Zawahiri in his own words,” BBC News, June 16, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-middle-east-13792238.

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Threat

Samir Khan, Former Senior Media Official, Summer 2011

Author
Name of Author
Samir Khan
Body

“Democracy to the Muslims is shirk (sin of idolatry in Islam) because, quite frankly, how can anyone vote on whether or not to establish the law of Allah? Allah’s shari‘ah is the sole valid law as He says: ‘The rule is for Allah alone’ [12: 67]. The principles of democracy are laid upon what the majority desire. What if the majority are sinful and vote against the shari‘ah? Does that mean we abandon shari‘ah for man-made laws?... Muslims are required to reject the modern day idol of democracy just as Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him, rejected the idols of his time.”Samir Khan, “Sadness, Contentment & Aspiration,” Inspire Magazine 6 (2011): 49-50.

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas prime minister, May 2011

Date
May 2011
Name of Author
Ismail Haniyeh
Body

On the assassination of Osama bin Laden:

“We condemn the assassination of an Arab holy warrior. We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood.” John Vinocur, “For Obama, a Victory but Little Clarity,” New York Times, May 4, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/world/europe/05iht-politicus05.html.

Threat

Anwar al-Awlaki, Former Senior AQAP Media Official, February 14, 2011

Name of Author
Anwar al-Awlaki
Body

[On the other hand,] no freedom of expression is afforded those who condemn the crimes of the U.S. and its agents, who rule [the world] by disseminating a great illusion called liberty, democracy, and human rights – phrases that are nothing but a cover for taking over the world's resources and treasures, oppressing the people, and depriving them of their rights.” Steven Stalinsky, “American-Yemeni Al-Qaeda Cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki Highlights the Role and Importance of Media Jihad, Praises Al-Jazeera TV Journalists and WikiLeaks,” Middle East Media Research Institute, March 15, 2011, http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5096.htm.

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Anwar al-Awlaki, Former Senior AQAP Media Official, February 14, 2011

Name of Author
Anwar al-Awlaki
Body

“The U.S. is an empire of vain desires, one which under the guise of liberty permits and spreads every crime, sin, and deviation from proper human nature. The U.S. and the West permit freedom of expression about all forms of apostasy and corruption; they permit everything, except telling a truth that brings shame upon them. The U.S.'s open corruption takes place at the highest level – that is, [at the level of] the president of the U.S. himself, who has approved a law permitting homosexuals to join the military, a matter that demonstrates the level of degeneration to which this people has sunk… Steven Stalinsky, “American-Yemeni Al-Qaeda Cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki Highlights the Role and Importance of Media Jihad, Praises Al-Jazeera TV Journalists and WikiLeaks,” Middle East Media Research Institute, March 15, 2011, http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5096.htm.

Anwar al-Awlaki, Former Senior AQAP Media Official, Winter 2010

Date
2010
Name of Author
Anwar al-Awlaki
Body

“In the case of the United States, both the government and private citizens should be targeted. America and Americans are the Imam’s of kufr (disbelievers) in this day and age. The American people who vote for war mongering governments are intent on no good. Anyone who inflicts harm on them in any form is doing a favor to the ummah.”Anwar al-Awlaki, “The Ruling on Dispossessing the Disbelievers wealth in Dar al-Harb,” Inspire Magazine 4 (2010): 59.

Adil al-Abab, Former Chief Religious Cleric, Winter 2010

Name of Author
Adil al-Abab
Body

“It is the mujahidin who are fighting America which is supporting Israel and are fighting their way to get through to Israel, and the ones that are standing in the way of the mujahidin and fighting Israel is the Arab states. Allah has blessed the mujahidin from ahl as-sunnah to strike rockets at variant times at Israel under the instruction of Shaykh Usama.”“Q&A with Shaykh Adil al-Abbab,” Inspire Magazine 4 (2010): 22.

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

In Their Own Words:

We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].

Abu Ali al-Askari, Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) Security Official Mar. 2023
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