Lakhdar Brahimi Quotes

The terrorists of today are not wild-eyed, illiterate fanatics who merely obey the orders of their evil leaders. They are educated, well-off, normal people with wives and families to love and look after. We cannot know they are terrorists until they have committed their horrible crimes.

Terrorists

Head for jihad and have your guns ready.

Terrorism is a means/a tactic, not an ideological or defined physical enemy

The real threat comes from terrorism.

In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.

The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.

Bottoms line: terrorists are always at work.

We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and office buildings. The recruitment may be even more prolific outside Iraq.

We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.

Come to the so-called caliphate and live the life of some sort of glory ...; and if you can't come, kill somebody where you are; kill somebody in uniform; kill anybody; if you can cut their head off, great; videotape it; do it; do it; do it.... Kill, kill, kill.

Terrorists aren’t states; they are martyrs with no address.

The War on Terror is the only war we have ever been involved with in which our enemy did not want the war to end…. Terrorists do not want to defeat us in the usual sense; they want us to become more like them.

I think ISIS is achieving the objectives that they have set out to achieve. I think that they feel probably very emboldened. They feel pretty good. Their resiliency is extraordinary.

The Islamic State has proven that terrorists can seize and deploy modern military equipment on lesser-armed opponents.

Terrorists and terrorism cannot be eliminated any more than we can rid the world of disease. There will always be those who will resort to force against innocent men, women, and children in pursuit of political goals.

Terrorists follow tried and tested tactics.

In principle... no government in the world can accept an armed terrorist group, some of them coming from abroad, controlling streets and villages in the name of 'jihad'.

I think that anybody can become a terrorist. That's my point of view. But, not everybody can actually kill. In order to reach that level, you have to be deeply convinced.

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.

If it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right?

I think what Osama bin Laden does is to take the fact that some peoples lack hope and lack opportunity, and twist it to his own ends.

Terrorists convince thousands of people to kill themselves in the name of God. I can't convince two of my friends to help me move.

Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face.

We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.