Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (Screamed in a courtroom during trial, July 2011)

Author
Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi
Date
Jul. 2011
Name of Author
Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi
Quote URL
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/28/isam-mohammed-taher-al-barqawi-al-qaed…
Body

“Putting us in jail will not dissuade us from supporting the mujahedeen [in Afghanistan]. We will continue to support them, even if you sentence us to death. We will continue to be fighters until the day we die.” (Screamed in a courtroom during trial) Associated Press, “Isam Mohammed Taher al-Barqawi, Al Qaeda Chief’s Mentor, Jailed in Jordan,” Huffington Post, July 28, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/28/isam-mohammed-taher-al-barqawi-al-qaeda-mentor-jailed-jordan-_n_911879.html.

Rhetoric Category
Pro-Violence
Threat
Jordanian Salafist Jihadist Movementl

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