Anwar al-Awlaki, Former Senior AQAP Media Official, Summer 2010

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Anwar al-Awlaki
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Anwar al-Awlaki
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“The entire Western system is staunchly protecting and promoting the defamation of Muhammad and therefore, it is the entire Western system that is at war with Islam. Assassinations, bombings, and acts of arson are all legitimate forms of revenge against a system that relishes the sacrilege of Islam in the name of freedom.”Anwar al-Awlaki, “May Our Souls Be Sacrificed For You!” Inspire Magazine 1 (2010): 27-28

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Anti-American
Anti-Western
Pro-Islamism
Pro-Pan-Islamism
Pro-Violence
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AQAP (Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula)

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