Abdelmalek Droukdel, New York Times Interview, July 2008

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

We will strive to strike them whenever we can. And we are sure that America is going to lose its war against us like it lost it against Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s America that is unfair and that started evil and injustice…we will not hesitate in targeting it whenever we can and wherever it is on this planet. (New York Times Interview) “An Interview with Abdelmalek Droukdal,” The New York Times, July 1, 2008, accessed July 1, 2014, accessed May 30, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/world/africa/01transcript-droukdal.html?pagewanted=all.

Rhetoric Category
Anti-American
Pro-Violence
Threat
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

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