Al-Qaeda group in Yemen suspected in attempted terrorist attacks
The discovery of potential bombs found on U.S. bound cargo jets on Friday led authorities to quarantine and search three UPS jets in Philadelphia and Newark. Friday night, national reports say the al-Qaeda group based in Yemen could be responsible for the attempted terror attack. That’s the same organization a former Charlotte man now claims to be helping lead.
Al Qaeda suspected as Yemen hunts parcel bombers
Yemeni forces searched on Saturday for suspected al Qaeda militants behind a plot to bomb Jewish targets in Chicago, uncovered by the interception in Britain and Dubai of parcels with explosives sent from Yemen.
Yemen packages: Is Al Qaeda focusing on small-scale attacks?
This week’s package bomb attempt, if it was hatched by Al Qaeda, lends support to the notion that the terrorist group is focusing on relatively simple and even small-scale attacks in its efforts to fight America and the West.
To Counter-Terrorism: Terrorist Plot Against the United States Screams “Al-Qaeda” Origins
To Counter Terrorism: The terrorist plot that was to potentially attack synagogues in Chicago went awry for Al-Qaeda on Friday. A couple of packages from Yemen containing explosives were retrieved . . .
Failed bomb plot renews concerns of al-Qaeda terrorism
Two packages containing explosives were intercepted in England and Dubai, on their way to synagogues in Chicago
Yemen, the new crucible of global terrorism
The axis of terror got bigger yesterday. After the presence of explosives in two packages bound for the US was confirmed – and a suspected 24 more discovered – their place of origin entered the big league as a crucible of deadly and disruptive terrorism. As Magnus Ranstorp, one of the world’s leading experts on the issue, told The Independent on Sunday : “Yemen has become the new Afghanistan.”
Obama suspects Yemen al Qaeda group behind plot
President Barack Obama said on Friday U.S. officials suspected an al Qaeda group in Yemen was responsible for two suspicious packages that were bound for Jewish synagogues in Chicago from Yemen.
Yemen packages may signal Al Qaeda franchise is ‘amateurish’
Yemen’s reported association with suspicious packages found aboard US-bound cargo planes has once again thrust Yemen into the spotlight as a major battleground in Washington’s war against Al Qaeda and its allies.
