Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Leader and Founder of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, February 12, 2004

Author
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Date
Feb. 12, 2004
Name of Author
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Body

“As for the Shi’a, we will hurt them, God willing, through martyrdom operations and car bombs.” David Aaron, In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad (Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2008), 228.

Rhetoric Category
Anti-Shiite
Pro-Violence
Threat
Al-Qaeda

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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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