Amir Said Abdul Rahman al-Ghazi, Private Google Plus message, February 22, 2015

Date
Feb. 22, 2015
Name of Author
Amir Said Abdul Rahman al-Ghazi
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Private Google Plus message:

“The time grows near when the Mujahideen of the Americas will realize that We will be the tip of the sword of the Khilafah [caliphate].”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, June 19, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/479731/download.

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