“If the takfiris take over the [Lebanese-Syrian] border, they will continue car bombs and suicide bombings because that is their mindset. This danger threatens all Lebanese, whether they believe it or not. The battle will require sacrifices just like the resistance against Israel, and here too we will be victorious.”“Nasrallah: Takfiris Want Us to Target Our Sunni Brothers, but It won't Happen,” Al Akhbar English, February 16, 2014, accessed August 4, 2014, http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/nasrallah-takfiris-want-us-target-our-sunni-brothers-it-wont-happen.

“We’ve had to be much more active. Those who are trying to incite sectarianism, we have to deal with them,” he said, drawing his hand over his throat like a knife.Loveday Morris, “Shiite militias in Iraq begin to remobilize,” Washington Post, February 9, 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/shiite-militias-in-iraq-begin-to-remobilize/2014/02/09/183816c6-8f59-11e3-878e-d76656564a01_story.html.

“Mr. Kerry must know that direct battle with the US is the biggest dream of pious and revolutionary people across the world. Your threats offer our revolutionary people the best opportunity.”“IRGC Commander: Iran to Give Crushing Response to Enemy’s Aggression,” Fars News Agency, January 26, 2014, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13921106000769.

“The mujahedeen will not rest with arms crossed facing this situation, even if, today, the voice of injustice prevails.”Robbie Corey-Boulet, “Website: Terror group threatens France over Mali,” Associated Press, January 6, 2014, http://bigstory.ap.org/article/website-terror-group-threatens-france-over-mali.

“The blood of martyrs will not be in vain, but a curse that chases the occupier everywhere.”Yaakov Lappin, “After IAF Terrorist Assassination, Islamic Jihad Says ‘Blood of Martyrs Not in Vain,’” Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2014, http://www.jpost.com/Defense/IAF-airstrike-kills-PFLP-terrorist-responsible-for-rocket-fire-on-Negev-338961.

In reference to signing up for the U.S. Army Explorers, a career program involving weapons training: “[I will] use that training to go overseas to wage jihad.”Jenny Deam, “Colorado woman’s quest for jihad baffles neighbors,” Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2014, http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-high-school-jihadi-20140726-story.html#page=1.

“Beware this generation. This is a generation which knows no fear. It is the generation of the missile, the tunnel and the suicide operations.”Elhanan Miller, “13,000 Teens Complete Hamas Training Camps to Emulate ‘Suicide Martyrs,’” Times of Israel, January 15, 2014, http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-paramilitary-camps-prepare-teens-for-martyrdom/.

“This is a message to America. Beware you protector of the ‘Cross’ that the war by delegation won’t help you in Sham, as it didn’t in Iraq, and soon you will be in full confrontation, forced by the Will of Allah, and that the sons of Islam have prepared themselves for that day.” Aaron Y. Zelin, “‘al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq’s Shaykh Abū Bakr al-Ḥussaynī al-Qurayshī al-Baghdādī: ‘Announcement of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām,’” Jihadology, last modified October 28, 2013, http://jihadology.net/2013/04/09/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-bakr-al-%E1%B8%A5ussayni-al-qurayshi-al-baghdadi-announcement-of-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-an.

“We say to whoever has been involved in fights against the [Islamic S]tate from the battalions, reconsider, and repent to your Lord…”Aaron Y. Zelin, “al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām’s Abū Bakr al-Ḥussaynī al-Baghdādī: ‘God Knows and You Do Not Know,’” Jihadology, last modified January 25, 2014, http://jihadology.net/2014/01/19/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-abu-bakr-al-%E1%B8%A5ussayni-al-baghdadi-god-knows-and-you-do-not-know.

“[Yemeni ministries] cooperate with the American drones by spying, planting chips, providing information or offering intelligence advice… all these are considered legitimate targets for us. We have a long list of these places, in case they will continue we will continue. We will reach them. Because we defend ourselves… And by the will of the exalted we will reach them before they reach us.”“Al-Malahim Media presents a new video message from al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula’s Qasim al-Raymi: ‘Comment on the Targeting of the Defense Ministry in Sanaa,’” Jihadology, December 21, 2013, http://jihadology.net/2013/12/21/al-mala%E1%B8%A5im-media-presents-a-new-video-message-from-al-qaidah-in-the-arabian-peninsulas-qasim-al-raymi-comment-on-the-targeting-of-the-defense-ministry-in-%E1%B9%A3anaa/.