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79. Ibid.
80. Yazan al-Saadi, “From Boston to Beirut: A Comparison of ‘Terror,’” al-Akhbar,
August 17, 2013, http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/boston-beirut-comp
arison%E2%80%9Cterror%E2%80%9D. Notably, posters featuring the same
phrase could be found throughout Hezbollah-controlled areas in southern Beirut
following the group’s 2006 war with Israel. However, in that case the posters were
referencing U.S. supplies of weapons to Israel used during the conflict. Personal
observations, June–August 2007. See also John Berman, “Hezbollah: Lebanese
Rubble ‘Made in USA,’” ABC News, August 16, 2006, http://abcnews.go.com/
WNT/Mideast/story?id=2321228.
81. Gilles Kepel, Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East
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82. See “Al-Sistani fi yarfuz lilmara al-thalatha isdar fatwa li al-jihad fi suriya,” Saida
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83. “Reuters: Marjayya al-Najaf tamn’ al-misharka baqnal fi suriya...waqam tara
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84. “Question & Answer: Governance of Jurist,” Official Website of His Eminence al-
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85. See https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Images/Books/Smyth/Comb
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86. Solomon Moore, “Nerve Center of Shiite Opinion Became Target,” Los Angeles
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87. Susan Sachs, “Iraqi Shiite Cleric Derails U.S. Plans,” New York Times, January 18,
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88. Muhammad Shafiq, “Naib ‘an al-majlis ala’la: Nidham wilayat al-faqih la yinsajim
ma’ al-Iraq w la yakhdem,” Alsumaria, April 2, 2014, http://washin.st/15EnvWZ.
89. Hamza Mustafa, “Al-Majlis Ala’la biz’ama al-Hakim w Munadhimah Badr
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92. Mustapha Ajbaili, “Iraqi Shiites Fear Sunni Power in Syria,” al-Arabiya, April 25,
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