“To those of you who ask, who are you? The answer: We are the soldiers of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria . . . who took it upon ourselves to bring back the glory of the Islamic Caliphate and turn back injustice and indignity.”

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“Whoever hated us yesterday is safe, unless he rejects, fights or abandons Islam… [Those who oppose their new rulers will be] “killed, crucified or have their hands and feet cut off.”Loveday Morris and Liz Sly, “Iraq disintegrating as insurgents advance toward capital; Kurds seize Kirkuk,” Washington Post, June 13, 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraq-disintegrating-as-insurgents-advance-kurds-seize-kirkuk/2014/06/12/22e79e2b-f793-4120-8161-36f17c287e5f_story.html.