Al-Qaida claims it organized plane plot
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December 30, 2009, Wednesday
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A REGIONAL wing of al-Qaida said it was behind the failed Christmas Day bombing of a United States passenger plane, which was meant to avenge US attacks on the group in Yemen, according to a Web statement posted on Monday.
The group told Americans to expect more attacks, after the bomb plot turned the focus on the poor Arab country.
The US and Yemen's neighbor Saudi Arabia fear al-Qaida will use instability in the country to carry out attacks in the world's main oil exporting region and beyond.
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) said in the statement posted on Islamist Websites that it had provided the Nigerian suspect with a "technically advanced device" but that it had failed to detonate because of a technical fault.
The group said the attack was in retaliation for recent raids on its militants that it said had been carried out by US jets and had caused many civilian deaths.
"We tell the American people that since you support the leaders who kill our women and children ... we have come to slaughter you (and) will strike you with no previous (warning), our vengeance is near," the statement said.
The group told Americans to expect more attacks, after the bomb plot turned the focus on the poor Arab country.
The US and Yemen's neighbor Saudi Arabia fear al-Qaida will use instability in the country to carry out attacks in the world's main oil exporting region and beyond.
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) said in the statement posted on Islamist Websites that it had provided the Nigerian suspect with a "technically advanced device" but that it had failed to detonate because of a technical fault.
The group said the attack was in retaliation for recent raids on its militants that it said had been carried out by US jets and had caused many civilian deaths.
"We tell the American people that since you support the leaders who kill our women and children ... we have come to slaughter you (and) will strike you with no previous (warning), our vengeance is near," the statement said.
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