UNITED STATES V. MOHAMUD 17 and that the bomb test was “just motivation for me.” When Youssef and Hussein asked if he had ever seen dead bodies, Mohamud responded that he thought it was “awesome” when people were jumping from skyscrapers during the September 11th attacks. On the ride home, Youssef suggested that Mohamud make a “good-bye” video to explain his actions because it could be “inspirational.”11 Mohamud ultimately agreed and wrote a script for the video using topics Youssef suggested. Mohamud made the video later that day, and explained that this is a “message . . . to those who have wronged themselves.” He described the “dark day” that was coming, and said that no one would be safe “for as long as you threaten our security.” He said that living in the United States “is a sin,” and urged that Muslim parents living in the West not do what his did to him—that is, not “hold others back from completing their obligation” to Allah. Mohamud finished by reading his own poem that extolled the virtues of Muslims and jihad, and ended with a call to: Carry on oh brothers, and march on ahead to meet your creator and lie on silk beds, and the martyrs don’t die, so don’t say they’re dead. . . . Explode on these kuffar [unbelievers]. Alleviate our pain. Assassinate their leaders, commanders, and chiefs. From your brother to his brother a poem in brief. 11 On cross-examination, Youssef agreed that he had his “finger on the scale” and was trying to influence Mohamud to make the video, and that Mohamud initially wanted to wait to make the video until he was abroad.