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“Greetings! We too wanted to pledge our allegiance and commit ourselves while not present there. I am in USA now but we don’t have any arms. But is it possible to commit ourselves as dedicated martyrs anyway while here? What I’m saying is, to shoot Obama then get shot ourselves, will it do? That will strike fear in the hearts of infidels.”“UNITED STATES OF AMERICA against ABDURASUL HASANOVICH JURABOEV, also known as “Abdulloh Ibn Hasan,” AKHROR SAIDAKHMETOV, and ABROR HABIBOV, Defendants.,” United States Department of Justice, February 24, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/file/344761/download.

“If we get arrested, the police will point their guns at us from the back and maybe from the front. If we can get even one of their weapons, we can shoot them. They will probably kill us but we will be martyrs automatically and receive Allah’s blessings.”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, April 1, 2015, https://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/velentzas-complaint.pdf.

“I want to send the message that I am ready to die for my religion any time.”Souad Mekhennet, “Austrian Returns, Unrepentant, to Online Jihad,” New York Times, November 15, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/world/europe/austrian-returns-to-online-jihad.html?_r=0.

“The series of expulsions continues to this day. Blood continues to be shed, martyrs continue to fall, our sons continue to hoist the banner high, and Allah willing, their expulsion from Palestine in its entirety is certain to come. We are no weaker or less honorable than the peoples that expelled and annihilated the Jews. The day we expel them is drawing near.”Jerry Hersh, “What Hamas Leaders Actually Want—In Their Own Words,” ISGAP Flashpoint, February 7, 2024, https://isgap.org/flashpoint/what-hamas-leaders-actually-want-in-their-own-words/.

“I believe this phenomenon of al-Qaeda is not going to stop. The phenomenon of martyrdom operations is contagious as the Prophet Muhammad correctly said.”Mahan Abedin, “Al-Muhajiroun in the UK: Interview with Omar Bakri Muhammad,” Jamestown Foundation, May 25, 2005, http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=290&no_cache=1#.VTatGvnF8no.

"To those who tell us to stop the martyrdom operations we say: give us an alternative." Graham Usher, “Weakened Arafat Left in Isolation as Factions Offer Alternative Route,” Guardian, June 5, 2002, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jun/06/israel.

“No one has the right to object to us giving away our souls and turning them into human bombs for a cause we consider more important and more sacred than our lives.” “Profile: Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” Fox News, February 20, 2003, http://www.foxnews.com/story/2003/02/20/profile-palestinian-islamic-jihad.

“We are going to retaliate with a language that the enemy can only understand. The danger of the suicide operations are coming.” “Profile: Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” Fox News, February 20, 2003, http://www.foxnews.com/story/2003/02/20/profile-palestinian-islamic-jihad.

Appearing on Lebanese television, announcing Hamas’s responsibility for a suicide attack within Israel: “Death is a goal for every Muslim.” “Profile: Moussa Abu Marzouk,” History Commons, http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=mousa_abu_marzouk.

“Anyone who fights America’s aggression, its greediness and its plans to encroach on the Persian Gulf region, has engaged in a holy war in the cause of Allah, and anyone who is killed on that path is a martyr.”“Iran Announces Arrest of American Businessman,” New York Times, November 5, 1992, http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/05/world/iran-announces-arrest-of-american-businessman.html.