Anti-Western

Mohammad Reza Naqdi, commander of the Basij, February 2011

Name of Author
Mohammad Reza Naqdi
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“Western intelligence agencies are searching for a mentally challenged person who can set himself on fire in Tehran to trigger developments like those in Egypt and Tunisia.”Saeed Kamali Dehghan, “Iran Protests See Reinvigorated Activists Take to the Streets in Thousands,” Guardian (London), February 14, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/14/iran-protests-reinvigorated-activists.

Rhetoric Category

Mohammad Reza Naqdi, commander of the Basij, February 2011

Name of Author
Mohammad Reza Naqdi
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“They [the West] are very retarded and think by imitating such actions they can emerge victorious.”Saeed Kamali Dehghan, “Iran Protests See Reinvigorated Activists Take to the Streets in Thousands,” Guardian (London), February 14, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/14/iran-protests-reinvigorated-activists.

Rhetoric Category

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
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“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.

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 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

"The Jews and the Christians have attacked the Muslim nation in order to suppress their identity, uproot them, violate their honor and steal their wealth. When the Muslims stood up to defend themselves, to protect their holy places, and to establish the rule of Allah on land, the armies of tyrants fought against them in the name of the war on terror which is in reality a war on Islam. So can one say that these armies cannot be targeted?""Q&A with Shaykh Adil al-Abbab," Inspire Magazine 4 (2010): 21.

Ibrahim al-Banna, Former Head of Media, November 2010

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Ibrahim al-Banna
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“[T]here is a small band of mujahidin who are putting the nose of America in the dirt even though they do not possess the means that are available to the traitor governments. Dear Muslim hasten to join the ranks of the mujahidin or to form cells to perform operations against the disbelievers in their own land. We are paying back America for only a small portion of what they do to our nation (sic).”Ibrahim al-Banna, “Tawaghit Exposed,” Inspire Magazine 3 (2010): 11.

Ibrahim al-Banna, Former Head of Media, November 2010

Name of Author
Ibrahim al-Banna
Body

“The operation of the explosive packages which was performed by the mujahidin of the Arabian Peninsula against the companies of air freight belonging to the disbelieving nations is our right... It is a response to the continuous support to the usurping Jews who are invading Jerusalem and are blockading Gaza.”Ibrahim al-Banna, “Tawaghit Exposed,” Inspire Magazine 3 (2010): 10.

Said al-Shihri, Former Deputy AQAP Leader, August 2010

Name of Author
Said al-Shihri
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“Know…that the upcoming war is a war against Islam and the Sunni Muslims in the Arabian Peninsula and the Sham [Levant]. Treaties and alliances have been formed for that. The Jews want to build the Temple of Solomon and the state of Israel…The Jews and apostates from the rulers of the Peninsula are in an alliance that was set up by America. Iran and their Arab Shi'i supporters in the region are another alliance… It is expected that the Jews will begin the war against Iran, in which the battlefield will be the Peninsula and its citizens. The Jews are in the Sham and Iran in the Peninsula… [Saudi soldiers] Disavow your support for the tyrant, the agent of the Crusader campaign in the region, which places you in the realm of non-belief…”Murad Batal Al-Shishani, “Al-Qaeda’s Sa’id Al-Shihri Seeks to Revolutionize the Saudi Military,” Jamestown Foundation, Terrorism Monitor 8, no. 34 (2010): 3-4.

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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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