Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Leader and Founder of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, November 10, 2005

Author
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Date
Nov. 10, 2005
Name of Author
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Body

“In these blessed days, in which the lions of monotheism are fighting against the might of the Crusader infidel and the treachery of the Shiites on the lands of Mesopotamia, and write sagas of pride in times of desperation and displacement. [sic]” David Aaron, In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad (Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2008), 228..

Rhetoric Category
Anti-Religious Minorities
Anti-Shiite
Threat
Al-Qaeda

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