Anti-American

EPIC, Tweet, August 16, 2015

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Date
Aug. 16, 2015
Name of Author
EPIC
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“Current Islamic State is easily the most diverse society in the world.” (Tweet)EPIC, Twitter post, August 16, 2015, 10:15 a.m.

Rhetoric Category

Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general, October 23, 2015

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Oct. 23, 2015
Name of Author
Hassan Nasrallah
Body

“Israel is a tool that is being used by the West to take control of the Middle East region … The US is responsible for the crimes being committed in Palestine.”Yasser Okbe, “‘US responsible for crimes being committed in Palestine,’ Hezbollah chief says,” Jerusalem Post, October 23, 2015, http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/US-responsible-for-crimes-being-committed-in-Palestine-Hezbollah-chief-says-429928.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Jaafar al-Husseini, KH spokesman, October 2015

Date
October 2015
Name of Author
Jaafar al-Husseini
Body

“We refuse to have the US or any of it's allies take part in any airstrikes, trainings, or material support. They are not serious about the fight against terrorism, and they have been actually in support of IS.”David Enders, “Powerful Iraqi Militias Would Gladly Welcome Russian Airstrikes,” Vice News, October 7, 2015, https://news.vice.com/article/powerful-iraqi-militias-would-gladly-welcome-russian-airstrikes.

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Rhetoric Category

Ali Khamenei, September 13, 2015

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Date
Sep. 13, 2015
Name of Author
Ali Khamenei
Body

“We neither welcome nor begin any war. They must know that should any war break out, one who will emerge humiliated out of it will be invading and criminal America.” (YouTube video)“If any war happens…,” YouTube video, 1:43, posted by Khamenei.ir, September 13, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjmDV8kagV8.

Rhetoric Category

Sally Jones, September 10, 2015

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Date
Sep. 10, 2015
Name of Author
Sally Jones
Body

“My husband said he wanted me to carry on if he got shaheed [martyred] … I do not fear the Kuffar [infidels]. ENGLAND hates me – praise be to god.” (Tweet)Shiv Malik, “The British Islamic State members facing UN sanctions – profiles,” Guardian (London) September 28, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/29/four-british-members-islamic-state-sanctioned-un-profiles.

Rhetoric Category

Daily Dose

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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