“We have warned you before about the consequences of these deeds that your government collude with under the pretext of freedom of press' or 'freedom of ideas'. Sheikh Usama bin Laden warned you before: 'If there is no check on the freedom of your words, then let your heart be open to the freedom of our actions. Stop your insults on our Prophet and sanctities. Stop spilling our blood. Leave our lands. Quit plundering our resources.”Jessica Best, “Charlie Hebdo Paris attacks: Al-Qaeda chilling video claims responsibility for ‘Blessed Battle of Paris,’” The Mirror, January 14, 2015, http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/charlie-hebdo-paris-attacks-al-qaeda-4976154.
Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, January 2015
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Jan. 2015
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Rhetoric Category
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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
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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