“The mujahedeen will not rest with arms crossed facing this situation, even if, today, the voice of injustice prevails.”Robbie Corey-Boulet, “Website: Terror group threatens France over Mali,” Associated Press, January 6, 2014, http://bigstory.ap.org/article/website-terror-group-threatens-france-over-mali.

“The blood of martyrs will not be in vain, but a curse that chases the occupier everywhere.”Yaakov Lappin, “After IAF Terrorist Assassination, Islamic Jihad Says ‘Blood of Martyrs Not in Vain,’” Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2014, http://www.jpost.com/Defense/IAF-airstrike-kills-PFLP-terrorist-responsible-for-rocket-fire-on-Negev-338961.

In reference to signing up for the U.S. Army Explorers, a career program involving weapons training: “[I will] use that training to go overseas to wage jihad.”Jenny Deam, “Colorado woman’s quest for jihad baffles neighbors,” Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2014, http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-high-school-jihadi-20140726-story.html#page=1.

“Beware this generation. This is a generation which knows no fear. It is the generation of the missile, the tunnel and the suicide operations.”Elhanan Miller, “13,000 Teens Complete Hamas Training Camps to Emulate ‘Suicide Martyrs,’” Times of Israel, January 15, 2014, http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-paramilitary-camps-prepare-teens-for-martyrdom/.

“This is a message to America. Beware you protector of the ‘Cross’ that the war by delegation won’t help you in Sham, as it didn’t in Iraq, and soon you will be in full confrontation, forced by the Will of Allah, and that the sons of Islam have prepared themselves for that day.” Aaron Y. Zelin, “‘al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq’s Shaykh Abū Bakr al-Ḥussaynī al-Qurayshī al-Baghdādī: ‘Announcement of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām,’” Jihadology, last modified October 28, 2013, http://jihadology.net/2013/04/09/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-bakr-al-%E1%B8%A5ussayni-al-qurayshi-al-baghdadi-announcement-of-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-an.

“We say to whoever has been involved in fights against the [Islamic S]tate from the battalions, reconsider, and repent to your Lord…”Aaron Y. Zelin, “al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām’s Abū Bakr al-Ḥussaynī al-Baghdādī: ‘God Knows and You Do Not Know,’” Jihadology, last modified January 25, 2014, http://jihadology.net/2014/01/19/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-abu-bakr-al-%E1%B8%A5ussayni-al-baghdadi-god-knows-and-you-do-not-know.

“[Yemeni ministries] cooperate with the American drones by spying, planting chips, providing information or offering intelligence advice… all these are considered legitimate targets for us. We have a long list of these places, in case they will continue we will continue. We will reach them. Because we defend ourselves… And by the will of the exalted we will reach them before they reach us.”“Al-Malahim Media presents a new video message from al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula’s Qasim al-Raymi: ‘Comment on the Targeting of the Defense Ministry in Sanaa,’” Jihadology, December 21, 2013, http://jihadology.net/2013/12/21/al-mala%E1%B8%A5im-media-presents-a-new-video-message-from-al-qaidah-in-the-arabian-peninsulas-qasim-al-raymi-comment-on-the-targeting-of-the-defense-ministry-in-%E1%B9%A3anaa/.

“We attacked the ministry, the Minister of Defense Command Centre to be precise. This building is from whence the Unmanned Drone Control Chambers are administered [sic]. The ministry has changed from a ministry claiming to protect the country and citizens to a ministry of distributing tracking chips for the American drones…”“Al-Malahim Media presents a new video message from al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula’s Qasim al-Raymi: ‘Comment on the Targeting of the Defense Ministry in Sanaa,’” Jihadology, December 21, 2013, http://jihadology.net/2013/12/21/al-mala%E1%B8%A5im-media-presents-a-new-video-message-from-al-qaidah-in-the-arabian-peninsulas-qasim-al-raymi-comment-on-the-targeting-of-the-defense-ministry-in-%E1%B9%A3anaa/.

“Lots of options are on the table for Iran, and they (enemies) will receive crushing responses, one of which would be elimination of the Zionist regime.”“IRGC Commander: Iran to Give Crushing Response to Possible Threats,” Fars News Agency, December 3, 2013, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920912000261.

“If we see that Muslims are being killed by the tyrant leaders of the USA then we must first stop them with our hands (ie by force). This means that we should stop them by fighting them, by assassinating their oppressive leaders, by weakening their offensive capabilities etc … This is not something that is beyond us at all.” (Facebook post)Shiv Malik and Michael Safi, “Revealed: the radical clerics using social media to back British jihadists in Syria,” Guardian, April 15, 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/15/preachers-spiritual-cheerleaders-social-media-syria-london-university.