“[W]e assure that America is one that created ISIS organization and enabled it to stay in Iraqi territory.”“Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq: America does not want to end ISIS … we are ready for the Liberation of Nineveh,” Shafaq News, January 10, 2015, http://english.shafaaq.com/security/12818-asa-ib-ahl-al-haq-america-does-not-want-to-end-isis-we-are-ready-for-the-liberation-of-nineveh.html.

“It was not only these five [U.S. soldiers AAH killed in 2007], we killed many Americans. Every American who carried a gun is a target for us.”Eli Lake, “Inside Iraq's Iranian-Backed Militias,” Bloomberg View, February 4, 2015, http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-04/inside-iraq-s-iranian-backed-militias.

“American planes are dropping food and weapons to Daesh. They deny it but we know it’s happening.”Associated Press, “Iraq Coalition Tensions Emerge in Islamic State Fight,” New York Times, January 22, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/01/22/world/middleeast/ap-ml-iraq-islamic-state.html.

“You are being enslaved once more with badges & guns. You will never be able to free yourselves with protests. #AntonioMartin #Ferguson.” (Tweet) A. Agron, “The Issue Of Race In The Discourse Of The Islamic State (ISIS) And Its Supporters,” Middle East Media Research Institute, April 16, 2015, http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/8524.htm.

Regarding the American hostage Luke Somers: “We give the American government a timeframe of three days from the issuance of this statement to meet our demands about which they are aware; otherwise, the American hostage held by us will meet his inevitable fate.” “U.S. Discloses Failed Attempt to Rescue American in Yemen,” Reuters, December 4, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/04/us-mideast-crisis-yemen-usa-idUSKCN0JI0Y320141204.

“The caliphate will reach everywhere insha’Allah. Even the house of filth [the white house].” (Twitter Direct Message) Tom Lyden, “Minnesota man’s ISIS connection to Garland, Texas shooting,” KMSP Fox 9, May 5, 2015, http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/28975221/minnesota-mans-isis-connection-to-garland-texas-shooting.

“…the US army and its economy are weak and their people do not accept to go to (another) war. The US does not have a strong logic and reasoning and it is, thus, forced to always resort to the language of force.”“IRGC Commander: US Deeply Fearful of War with Iran,” Fars News Agency, November 17, 2013, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920826001463.

In an official AQIS statement released via Twitter:
“Also our message to the Mujahidīn of Iraq and Syria is that the elimination of American aggression is concealed in the brotherhood and union of all the Jihadi groups and organizations, reversion towards Allah (swt) and in fighting against this infidel coalition in firm ranks.”Thomas Joscelyn, “Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent Calls for Jihadist Unity against US-led Coalition,” Long War Journal, November 4, 2014, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/11/al_qaeda_in_the_indi_2.php.

“The Houthi rebel takeover of Yemeni provinces is “the delivery from one hand to another, from one agent to another, by the command of the master … America, under the supervision of their messenger, Ibn Omar [Jamal Benomar, the UN Special Adviser on Yemen.]”Oren Adaki, “AQAP military commander rallies Sunnis against alleged US-Houthi alliance,” Long War Journal, November 24, 2014, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/11/aqap_military_commander_rallie.php.

The Houthi rebels are “the coming rifle of America.” Al-Raymi threatens the Houthis with “horrors that will make the hair of young children turn grey.”Oren Adaki, “AQAP military commander rallies Sunnis against alleged US-Houthi alliance,” Long War Journal, November 24, 2014, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/11/aqap_military_commander_rallie.php.