Abdelmalek Droukdel, July 1, 2008

Author
Abdelmalek Droukdel
Date
Jul. 1, 2008
Name of Author
Abdelmalek Droukdel
Quote URL
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/world/africa/01transcript-droukdal.html
Body

“We believe that our greatest achievement is that the jihad is sill (sic) continuing in the Islamic Maghreb for 16 years. And today it is developing and climbing.” “An Interview With Abdelmalek Droukdal,” New York Times, July 1, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/world/africa/01transcript-droukdal.html.

Rhetoric Category
Pro-Jihad
Threat
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

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