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.

“We are behind our brothers [ISIS] against this international crusade and we join them in their enmity against this campaign. We confirm the call to whoever is able to hurt the Americans to make an effort to hurt them militarily, economically and through the media. They are the leaders of this war and the base of this campaign.”“Yemen’s Al Qaeda Expresses Support for Islamic State Against ‘Crusade,’” Reuters, October 17, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/17/us-mideast-crisis-qaeda-yemen-idUSKCN0I61G220141017.

“The greatest help they give to the crusaders against the holy warriors is the placing of trackers for American spy planes.”Reuters, “Al Qaeda in Yemen Executes Three ‘Spies’ for Guiding Drone Strikes,” Reuters, September 1, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/01/us-yemen-security-spies-idUSKBN0GW2MJ20140901.

“[H]ow many have the Zionist allies killed from the sons of Palestine with the support of these bloodthirsty beasts?” “Interview with Shaykh Abu Basir: the Head of al-Qa’idah in the Arabian Peninsula,” Inspire Magazine 1 (2010): 16.

“So now when we look at the state of the Americans and Europeans, we see that they are in a state of war with us because of their participation in elections that choose governments that wage war against Muslims. They are in a state of war with us because their governments kill our brothers in Palestine, Afghanistan, and Iraq. These governments fight those who want to establish shari‘ah law. Thus we target them because they are disbelievers and because of their war against us. They are in a state of war with us and they are not in a state of covenant since their governments have not seized their aggression against Muslims. We cannot call them ahl adh-dhimma (people of dhimma) because they do not fulfill the requirements of the dhimma status (rights of residence for non-Muslims under sharia law, when jizya tax is paid). Based on what is mentioned above, it is legitimate to target the people of the West and we have no doubts about its legitimacy.” “Q&A with Shaykh Adil al-Abbab,” Inspire Magazine 4 (2010): 21.

“America does not want to end the war on ISIS in Iraq… [It] is trying to support ISIS to stay more time by dropping arms and ammunition to ISIS militants in Aziz Balad area.”“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.

“[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.