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Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Attempted Bombing of U.S. Plane
Monday, December 28, 2009
CAIRO
— Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on Monday claimed responsibility
for the attack on a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day,
saying it was retaliation for a U.S. operation against the group in
Yemen.
Federal
authorities met Monday to reassess the U.S. system of terror watchlists
to determine how to avoid the type of lapse that allowed a man with
explosives to board the flight in Amsterdam even though he was flagged
as a possible terrorist.
In a statement
posted on the Internet, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said
23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab coordinated with members
of the group, an alliance of militants based in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Yemeni
forces, helped by U.S. intelligence, carried out two airstrikes against
Al Qaeda operatives in the country this month. The second one was a day
before Abdulmutallab attempted to bring down a Northwest Airlines
flight as it prepared to land in Detroit.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581307,00.html