Pro-Violence

Ismail Haniyeh, then–Hamas-designated disputed prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, February 2012

Date
Feb. 2012
Name of Author
Ismail Haniyeh
Body

Hamas can obtain its goals “only through fighting and armed resistance and no compromise should be made with the enemy.”“Haniyeh: No Compromise, Only Armed Resistance,” Jerusalem Post, February 13, 2012, http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Haniyeh-No-compromise-only-armed-resistance.

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Qais al-Khazali, AAH leader, January 4, 2012

Date
Jan. 4, 2012
Name of Author
Qais al-Khazali
Body

“We believe that we have carried out our role regarding the liberation of our country and restoring its sovereignty. This political achievement could not have been done without the Iraqi armed resistance.”Sudad Al-Salhy, “Iraq Shi’ite militia says ready to lay down weapons,” Reuters, January 5, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/05/us-iraq-politics-militia-idUSTRE8041LY20120105.

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Ilias Panagiotaros, 2012

Date
2012
Name of Author
Ilias Panagiotaros
Body

"Greek society is ready - even though no-one likes this - to have a fight: a new type of civil war. (…) On the one side there will be nationalists like us, and Greeks who want our country to be as it used to be, and on the other side illegal immigrants, anarchists and all those who have destroyed Athens several times."Paul Mason, “Alarm at Greek police 'collusion' with far-right Golden Dawn”, BBC News, October 17, 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19976841.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Muhammad Hafiz Saeed, LeT founder and leader, 2012

Date
2012
Name of Author
Muhammad Hafiz Saeed
Body

“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.

Nikolaos Michaloliakos, 2012

Date
May 2012
Name of Author
Nikolaos Michaloliakos
Body

"Those who betray this country — it's time for them to be afraid. We are coming." 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

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Threat

Omar Bakri Muhammad, 2012

Date
2012
Name of Author
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Body

“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.

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Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas prime minister, December 14, 2011

Date
Dec. 14, 2011
Name of Author
Ismail Haniyeh
Body

“Today we say it clearly. Armed resistance and armed struggle are the strategic way to liberate the Palestinian land from the sea to the river.”Fares Akram, “At a Rally for Hamas, Celebration and Vows,” New York Times, December 14, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/world/middleeast/on-anniversary-hamas-repeats-vows-on-israel-and-violence.html.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General, December 2011

Date
Dec. 2011
Name of Author
Hassan Nasrallah
Body

“We will never let go of our arms. Our numbers are increasing day after day, and we are getting better and our training is becoming better and we are becoming more confident in our future and more armed. And if someone is betting that our weapons are rusting, we tell them that every weapon that rusts is replaced.”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.

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Threat

Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General, December 2011

Date
Dec. 2011
Name of Author
Hassan Nasrallah
Body

“We will never let go of our arms.”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.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General, December 2011

Date
Dec. 2011
Name of Author
Hassan Nasrallah
Body

“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.

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