Anti-American

Qari Bashir Haqqani, Taliban commander, May 21, 2008

Date
May 21, 2008
Name of Author
Qari Bashir Haqqani
Body

“They will have to carry many more bodies in coffins on their shoulders if they don't come to the realistic conclusion that their forces must withdraw from our country. We view [German] soldiers as being the stooges of the Americans and Jews.”“Interview with a Taliban Commander: ‘What’s Important Is to Kill the Germans,’” Spiegel Online, May 21, 2008, http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-a-taliban-commander-what-s-important-is-to-kill-the-germans-a-554545.html.

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Qari Bashir Haqqani, Taliban commander, May 21, 2008

Date
May 21, 2008
Name of Author
Qari Bashir Haqqani
Body

“My guidance to the people of Kunduz is that they should avoid meeting or getting near the Germans or people from other foreign countries. Those who work for the invader in any capacity will be seen by the Taliban as enemies, just like the Germans, the Canadians and the Americans.”“Interview with a Taliban Commander: ‘What’s Important Is to Kill the Germans,’” Spiegel Online, May 21, 2008, http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-a-taliban-commander-what-s-important-is-to-kill-the-germans-a-554545.html.

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Mohammed Morsi, former Egyptian president, September 15, 2007

Date
Sep. 15, 2007
Name of Author
Mohammed Morsi
Muslim Brotherhood
Body

“The US administration has never presented any evidences on the identity of those who committed that incident [9/11 attacks]… The Muslim Brotherhood and others demanded a transparent trial with clear evidence and to have court rulings. We confirm that this isn’t a defense to those who committed these actions but we only seek the truth.”“Morsi: 9/11 a global calamity, not only for U.S.,” Ikhwan Web Homepage, Ikhwanweb: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Official English web site, September 15, 2007, http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?ID=14069&LevelID=1&SectionID=71.

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Ali Khamenei, August 19, 2007

Author
Date
Aug. 19, 2007
Name of Author
Ali Khamenei
Body

“We are certain that in this fight between the righteous and the wrong that is going on today—the fight between Islam, Islamic teachings, and Islamic awakening on the one hand and the avaricious arrogant policies of the satans of the world and at their head, the Great Satan that is the government of America on the other hand—victory is with us; victory is with the side of the righteous.” Masoud Kazemzadeh, “Ayatollah Khameini’s Foreign Policy Orientation,” Comparative Strategy, November 8, 2013, 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01495933.2013.840208.

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Ahmad Bahar, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, April 20, 2007

Author
Date
Apr. 20, 2007
Name of Author
Ahmad Bahar
Body

“Be certain that America is on its way to utter destruction, America is wallowing [in blood] today in Iraq and Afghanistan, America is defeated and Israel is defeated, and was defeated in Lebanon and Palestine... Make us victorious over the community of infidels... Allah, take the Jews and their allies, Allah, take the Americans and their allies... Allah, annihilate them completely and do not leave anyone of them.”“Hamas in Their Own Words,” Anti-Defamation League, May 2, 2011, http://www.adl.org/anti-semitism/muslim-arab-world/c/hamas-in-their-own-words.html.

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Ali Khamenei, January 8, 2007

Author
Date
Jan. 8, 2007
Name of Author
Ali Khamenei
Body

“The United States is taking advantage of the weakness of Islamic countries and is bullying and intimidating their governments. The United States, while being submissive to the usurper Zionist regime at all times, is bullying and blackmailing certain Arab governments.”Leader’s Speech to the Residents of Qom,” The Office of the Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khamenei, January 8, 2007, http://www.leader.ir/langs/en/index.php?p=bayanat&id=3587.

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Abdul Alim Musa, Circa 2007

Date
2007
Name of Author
Abdul Alim Musa
Body

“The American ship is going down. And it’s clowns like that that’s driving it down. We don’t have to do nothing. Just step back, pray, fast, do good deeds, and stuff like that. And let that guy go…When he finishes, nobody will love, nobody will trust, and nobody will believe anything coming from the United States of America.”Dan Morse, “Case Against Ex-Guard Brings Scrutiny of D.C. Imam,” Washington Post, September 19, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091802154.html.

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Ismail Haniyeh, then–Hamas-designated disputed prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, October 6, 2006

Date
Oct. 6, 2006
Name of Author
Ismail Haniyeh
Body

The Palestinians face an “unethical and unjust siege led by the United States administration.” Greg Myre, “Palestinian Premier Vows Not to Recognize Israel,” New York Times, October 6, 2006, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/world/middleeast/07mideastcnd.html.

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Abdul Alim Musa, October 5, 2006

Date
Oct. 5, 2006
Name of Author
Abdul Alim Musa
Body

Asserting that 9/11 was a conspiracy perpetrated by the Americans: “We got to get rid of this new Hitler…Just like Hitler burned the Reichstag…to gain full power over the people…George Bush brings down the World Trade Center, blames it on us [Muslims] and then claims himself dictator over the world. So we're here to say it's all over for George.”“Sabiqun and Anti-Semitism on Campus,” Anti-Defamation League, September 11, 2009, http://archive.adl.org/main_anti_israel/sabiqun_anti-semitismc089.html#.VWhmbM9Viko.

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Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General, September 2006

Date
Sep. 2006
Name of Author
Hassan Nasrallah
Body

“It was an American war by providing the arms and the planning and by giving deadline after deadline to the enemy. What stopped the war was the Zionists' failure to defeat us."“Hezbollah Leader: Militants ‘Won’t Surrender Arms’,” CNN, September 22, 2006, accessed October 23, 2014, http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/22/lebanon.rally/.

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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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