Warlord
12-06-2013, 06:00 AM
Al Qaeda today said a suicide attack on a Yemeni defence compound which left 52 dead and 167 injured was in retaliation for U.S. drone strikes on its militants.
The terrorist group boasted on Twitter that they 'stormed' the facility as part of its war on drones because it was a base from which U.S. personnel operated the remote-controlled planes.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) - regarded by Washington as the jihadist network's most dangerous affiliate - has suffered heavy losses after the U.S. intensified drone strikes in Yemen this year.
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The terrorist group boasted on Twitter that they 'stormed' the facility as part of its war on drones because it was a base from which U.S. personnel operated the remote-controlled planes.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) - regarded by Washington as the jihadist network's most dangerous affiliate - has suffered heavy losses after the U.S. intensified drone strikes in Yemen this year.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2519312/Al-Qaeda-say-carried-attack-Yemeni-defence-complex-left-52-people-dead-war-drones.html#ixzz2mhAY2oUn
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