“This is the same jihad which caused the USSR to break [in Afghanistan] and now America is failing because of it. Analysts and journalists don’t realize why America is failing, the only reason is jihad.”Bill Roggio, “‘We Do Jihad,’ Says Lashkar-e-Taiba Emir Hafiz Saeed,” Long War Journal, April 7, 2012, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/04/we_do_jihad_lashkar.php.

 “America should leave Pakistan and Afghanistan peacefully. Then, we will not come to you with guns but will instead invite you to Islam.”Bill Roggio, “‘We Do Jihad,’ Says Lashkar-e-Taiba Emir Hafiz Saeed,” Long War Journal, April 7, 2012, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/04/we_do_jihad_lashkar.php.

“The head of the snake is America, so al-Qaeda is looking for big targets in the United States, but smaller organizations settle for smaller targets.”“A Profile of Syrian Jihadist Omar Bakri Muhammad,” Jamestown Foundation, December 21, 2012, http://mlm.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=40259&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=591#.VU-iktpViko.

“Our Arab and Islamic nations should know that the American administration is the enemy and the threat.”Nada Bakri, “Hezbollah Leader Backs Syrian President in Public,” New York Times, December 6, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/middleeast/hassan-nasrallah-hezbollah-leader-showcases-defiance-in-rare-appearance.html.

“The American administration abandons its followers and allies at the first crossroad to search for its interests. Our Arab and Islamic nations should know that the American administration is the enemy and the threat.”Nada Bakri, “Hezbollah Leader Backs Syrian President in Public,” The New York Times, December 6, 2011, accessed August 4, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/middleeast/hassan-nasrallah-hezbollah-leader-showcases-defiance-in-rare-appearance.html.

“What the US seeks today in the region today is the same that it sought to do in Lebanon during the recent years. As it failed in Lebanon, its project in the region will also fail.” Sayyed Safi Al-Din: Invoking foreign Interference A National Betrayal,” Alahed News, November 7, 2011, http://www.english.alahednews.com.lb/essaydetails.php?eid=15651&cid=385#.VQiA4Y7F9ks.

“America invaded Pakistan ten years ago, and that’s when we started jihad against America, against the occupiers, against the system in Pakistan, against the armed forces of Pakistan, and this jihad will continue, Allah willing.”Bill Roggio, “IMU Cleric Urges Pakistanis to Continue Sheltering Jihadis in Waziristan,” Long War Journal, November 23, 2011, https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/11/imu_cleric_urges_pak.php.

“When the [U.S.] occupation gets out of the country with his agents, the Iraqi nation will be unified. Whoever calls for keeping the occupation is linking his destiny with the occupation and has sold himself as cheap, and he should leave the country with his masters.”Associated Press, “Iraqi cleric: Don't attack U.S. troops,” Politico, September 11, 2011, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63169.html.

“We believe that Zionism, the United States, and England are gangs that kill children and women and men and destroy houses and fields. Zionism is a gang, not a country. So we will resist them until they don’t have a country.”Eric Trager, “The Unbreakable Muslim Brotherhood: Grim Prospects for a Liberal Egypt,” Foreign Affairs, 90 (2011): 114, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68211/eric-trager/the-unbreakable-muslim-brotherhood.

“Wherever a movement is Islamic, populist, and anti-American, we support it.”Geneive Abdo, “How Iran Keeps Assad in Power in Syria,” Foreign Affairs, August 25, 2011, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68230/geneive-abdo/how-iran-keeps-assad-in-power-in-syria.