Pro-Violence

Unnamed Houthi official, August 2021

Date
Aug. 2021
Name of Author
Unnamed Houthi official
Body

Speaking at a Houthi summer camp graduation ceremony:

“We tell the world that the Yemeni youth are at the forefront of the ranks in fighting off brutal aggression. These people say no to the damned culture of the US and Israel.”Saeed Al-Batati, “Thousands of Yemeni children brainwashed in Houthi ‘summer camps,’” Arab News, August 17, 2021, https://www.arabnews.com/node/1912296/middle-east.

Threat

Hazem Qasim, spokesman, July 25, 2021

Author
Date
Jul. 25, 2021
Body

After an Israeli air strike against Gaza:

“The noble resistance is ready to deal with all options, nor will it allow the occupation to impose its equations.”Aaron Boxerman and Judah Ari Gross, “IDF strikes Gaza after incendiary balloons spark fires in south,” Times of Israel, July 25, 2021, https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-gaza-after-incendiary-balloons-spark-fires-in-south/.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Olcay Kilavuz, September 22, 2015

Author
Date
Sept. 22, 2015
Name of Author
Olcay Kilavuz
Body

“It is the main duty of the security forces to combat terrorism. We would only take on responsibility for this if the duty cannot be fulfilled.”Alex MacDonald, “Increasing Tensions See Resurgence of Turkey’s Far-Right Street Movements,” Middle East Eye, September 22, 2015, https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/increasing-tensions-see-resurgence-turkeys-far-right-street-movements.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Olcay Kilavuz, March 18, 2017

Author
Date
March 18, 2017
Name of Author
Olcay Kilavuz
Body

“If this nation is in trouble, if our country needs us, we will take our weapons, and if necessary fight.”“Ülkü Ocakları Genel Başkanı Olcay Kılavuz: Elimize silahımızı alırız, gerekirse de savaşırız,” CNN Turk, March 18, 2017, https://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/ulku-ocaklari-genel-baskani-olcay-kilavuz-elimize-silahimizi-aliriz-gerekirse-de-savasiriz?page=2.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Tolga Adiguzel, local Ülkü Ocakları branch leader, June 2, 2015

Date
June 2, 2015
Name of Author
Tolga Adiguzel
Body

“Everybody should know their place and watch their step. Do they want to try our patience with the minds of traitors from inside and out? Should we go on the hunt for Armenians on the streets of Kars?”Tom Stevenson, “Analysis: The Growing Strength of Turkey’s Ultra-Nationalists,” Middle East Eye, June 2, 2016, https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/analysis-growing-strength-turkeys-ultra-nationalists.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General, May 25, 2021

Date
May 25, 2021
Body

“When holy sites face serious threats there are no red lines. All the resistance movements can’t sit back and watch if holy sites are in danger.”“Lebanon Hezbollah chief says attacks on Jerusalem mean regional war,” Reuters, May 25, 2021, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanon-hezbollah-chief-says-attacks-jerusalem-mean-regional-war-2021-05-25/.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of the Houthis’ supreme revolutionary committee, May 23, 2021

Date
May 23, 2021
Name of Author
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
Body

“Sanctions do not scare the mujahideen. If they continue the blockade and aggression, then perhaps there will be strikes on unexpected sites in some aggressor countries.” (Tweet)“Houthi leader dismisses U.S. sanctions, warns of expanded attacks,” Reuters, May 23, 2021, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/houthi-leader-dismisses-us-sanctions-warns-expanded-attacks-2021-05-23/.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

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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