“We neither welcome nor begin any war. They must know that should any war break out, one who will emerge humiliated out of it will be invading and criminal America.” (YouTube video)“If any war happens…,” YouTube video, 1:43, posted by Khamenei.ir, September 13, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjmDV8kagV8.
“My husband said he wanted me to carry on if he got shaheed [martyred] … I do not fear the Kuffar [infidels]. ENGLAND hates me – praise be to god.” (Tweet)Shiv Malik, “The British Islamic State members facing UN sanctions – profiles,” Guardian (London) September 28, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/29/four-british-members-islamic-state-sanctioned-un-profiles.
“’We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve’ - Surat 'Āli `Imrān” (Tweet) Umm HussainBritāniya, Twitter post, August 11, 7:24 a.m., https://twitter.com/UmmHussain_16/status/631108813572153348.
Online conversation with co-conspirator who says America killed Anwar al-Awlaki:
“Then amreeka [America] shale [sic] burn” “United States of America v. Nader Saadeh,” U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, August 1, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/705621/download.
FBI-monitored conversation:
“May we be united in the Islamic State.”Alyssa Duranty, Scott Schwebke, and Theresa Walker, “2 Anaheim men suspected of supporting ISIS appear in court, face 15 years in prison if convicted,” Orange County Register, May 22, 2015, http://www.ocregister.com/articles/force-662727-task-terrorism.html.
FBI-monitored conversation:
“ISIS is getting ready to attack Israel now? This is getting exciting, looking forward to see some yahoodi [Yehudi, a term for Jewish person] heads rolling, or dead bodies carrying their own yahoodi heads and jihadi john doing this stance on them.”“United States of America v. Nader Elhuzayel and MuhanadBadawi,” U.S. District Court Central District of California, May 22, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/file/441231/download.
Conversation with undercover FBI agent:
“If the ameer command a target here we will follow...Now brother if you have any contacts with any commanders let them know we are in the process of organizing. [ . . . ] Its a little slower here cause of security and spies but we are on it. Oaths have been given. When the time is right we will strike. If the dawlah has any high let us know so we can link in with them inshaAllah. [sic]”“United States of America v. Hasan Edmonds and Jonas M. Edmonds,” U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, March 25, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/26/edmonds_complaint_0.pdf.
Conversation with undercover FBI agent:
“In all honesty the best way to bet them is to break their will. With the U.S. no matter how many you kill they will keep coming unless the soldiers and the american public no longer have the will to fight.”“United States of America v. Hasan Edmonds and Jonas M. Edmonds,” U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, March 25, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/26/edmonds_complaint_0.pdf.
Conversation with undercover FBI agent:
“If we can break their spirits we will win. Whenever we attack them instead of killing them all try to take a few as prisioners for either ransom or to show the world the hours the kufar army will suffer at the hands of the lions of Allah. [sic]”“United States of America v. Hasan Edmonds and Jonas M. Edmonds,” U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, March 25, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/26/edmonds_complaint_0.pdf.
Conversation with undercover FBI agent:
“It would be hard to pull off a lager scale attack on the government but police stations and courts are pretty easy and its been done before by kufar sometimes just one person. [sic]”“United States of America v. Hasan Edmonds and Jonas M. Edmonds,” U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, March 25, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/26/edmonds_complaint_0.pdf.
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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