Pro-Violence

Abdelmalek Droukdel, New York Times Interview, July 2008

Date
Jul. 2008
Name of Author
Abdelmalek Droukdel
Body

“We will strive to strike them whenever we can. And we are sure that America is going to lose its war against us like it lost it against Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s America that is unfair and that started evil and injustice…we will not hesitate in targeting it whenever we can and wherever it is on this planet.” (New York Times Interview)“An Interview with Abdelmalek Droukdal,” New York Times, July 1, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/world/africa/01transcript-droukdal.html?pagewanted=all.

Rhetoric Category

Abdelmalek Droukdel, New York Times Interview, July 2008

Date
Jul. 2008
Name of Author
Abdelmalek Droukdel
Body

We will strive to strike them whenever we can. And we are sure that America is going to lose its war against us like it lost it against Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s America that is unfair and that started evil and injustice…we will not hesitate in targeting it whenever we can and wherever it is on this planet. (New York Times Interview) “An Interview with Abdelmalek Droukdal,” The New York Times, July 1, 2008, accessed July 1, 2014, accessed May 30, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/world/africa/01transcript-droukdal.html?pagewanted=all.

Rhetoric Category

Khalid al-Batsh, PIJ senior official, July 2012

Date
Jul. 2012
Name of Author
Khalid al-Batsh
Body

“The fruit was unripe, green, and bitter; the Oslo accords were bitter and we were made to swallow the bitterness. The result of this premature step was the Palestinian Authority… So what is our strategy today? We consider ourselves on a path to national liberation and therefore proclaim ourselves a movement of national and Islamic liberation from Israeli occupation. This requires us to adhere to the motto of resistance and continue with that option to reclaim the land… At all events, it must be made clear that this land is occupied and that resistance, jihad, and liberation are the only paths to restore our rights, while rejecting all compromise with Israel… They knew they were fighting Islamic Jihad, and that Islamic Jihad has nothing to lose, controls its own decisions, and does not count its casualties…. [So] trying to match Islamic Jihad in battle would entail great losses, particularly if Jihad extended the range of its missiles.”Mouin Rabbani, “Between Hamas and the PA: An Interview with Islamic Jihad’s Khalid Al-Batsh,” Journal of Palestine Studies 42, no. 2 (Winter 2013): 61–70.

Rhetoric Category

Nikolaos Michaloliakos, 2012

Date
May 2012
Name of Author
Nikolaos Michaloliakos
Body

“I have read a lot of books casting doubts on the number of six million Jews.” “Greek Neo-Nazi Leader Denies Existence of Gas Chambers in WWII Death Camps,” Agence France-Presse, May 15, 2012, http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/15/greek-neo-nazi-leader-denies-existence-of-gas-chambers-in-wwii-death-camps.

Threat

Nikolaos Michaloliakos, 2012

Date
May 2012
Name of Author
Nikolaos Michaloliakos
Body

"No one should fear me if they are a good Greek citizen. If they are traitors — I don't know." Nebi Qena, “Extreme right leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos lashes Greece's 'traitors,'” The Independent, May 6, 2012, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/extreme-right-leader-nikolaos-michaloliakos-lashesgreeces-traitors-7718581.html.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, April 4, 2012

Date
April 4, 2012
Name of Author
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
Body

In a news conference
“I want to tell America we will continue our peaceful struggle," said Saeed. "Life and death is in the hands of God, not in the hands of America. Life and death is in the hands of God, not in the hands of America.” Sebastian Abbot, Munir Ahmed, “Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, Pakistani Militant Leader, Mocks U.S. Bounty,” Associated Press, April 4, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/04/hafiz-mohammed-saeed-mocks-bounty_n_1402389.html.

Rhetoric Category

Muhammad Hafiz Saeed, LeT founder and leader, April 2012

Date
Apr. 2012
Name of Author
Muhammad Hafiz Saeed
Body

“There are many parties in Pakistan, but America has only sent a message to Jamaat-ud-Dawa, because we do jihad. They [the United States] are even scared of my name.”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.

Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, February 24, 2012

Date
Feb. 24, 2012
Name of Author
Abu Muhammad al-Adnani
Body

“O people of the Sunnah. Stop the black extension that is coming towards you. Cut off the head of the [Shi'ite] snake, the tail of which is amongst you. Know that the coming stage is a stage of real confrontation and war against the despicable [Shi'ites], whether you like it or not, and that the war of the Sunnis with the [Shi'ites] is not a sectarian war, like people are braying about… The war of the Sunnis with the [Shi'ites] is a religious war, a holy war of faith, a war of faith and unbelief, a war of idolatry and monotheism. There is no way out of it and there is no swerving from it. The [Shi'ites] know this well.”Bill Roggio, “Al Qaeda in Iraq rails at Shias, claims deadly attacks,” Long War Journal, February 24, 2012, http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2012/02/al_qaeda_in_iraq_rails_at_shia.php#ixzz3SHWYrWIW.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Naim Qassem, Deputy Leader, February 2012

Author
Date
Feb. 2012
Name of Author
Naim Qassem
Body

“America knows that if there is a war on Iran, this means that the whole region will be set alight, with no limit to the fires.” “Hezbollah says attack on Iran would set Middle East ablaze,” by Michael Scott and Samia Nakhoul, Reuters, February 29, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/29/us-iran-israel-hezbollah-idUSTRE81S19J20120229.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

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On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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