Anti-American

Keonna Thomas, Message to an alleged co-conspirator, a Minnesotan jihadist based in Somalia, December 17, 2013

Author
Date
Dec. 17, 2013
Name of Author
Keonna Thomas
Body

Message to an alleged co-conspirator, a Minnesotan jihadist based in Somalia:

“I have moves to make so I will be spending less time on here….”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.

Rhetoric Category

Keonna Thomas, Message to an alleged co-conspirator, a Minnesotan jihadist based in Somalia, December 13, 2013

Author
Date
Dec. 13, 2013
Name of Author
Keonna Thomas
Body

Message to an alleged co-conspirator, a Minnesotan jihadist based in Somalia:

“Plan to leave the land of kufr [non-believers].” “[S]peaking here [online] about certain things is not … wise.”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.

Rhetoric Category

Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, Letter to his alleged wife, Misha

Name of Author
Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh
Body

“I am a Mujahid [jihadist]. I am a sword against the oppressor and a shield for the oppressed. I will use the talents and skills given to me by Allah to establish and defend the Islamic States.”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, January 16, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/17/nyregion/criminal-complaint-against-mr-pugh.html.

Rhetoric Category

Joshua Ray Van Haften, Facebook post, September 21, 2015

Date
Sep. 21, 2015
Name of Author
Joshua Ray Van Haften
Body

“It’s calling! I can smell it’s perfume! Allah!!!” (Facebook post)“UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOSHUA VAN HAFTEN,” United States District Court District for the Western District of Wisconsin, October 28, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/04/09/van_haften_complaint_signed.pdf.

Rhetoric Category

Daily Dose

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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