Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Yemen: Al-Qaeda reveals new information on attacks against Koreans

The recent suicide attacks against South Koreans tourists in Yemen, four of whom were reported killed last March, have been detailed by al-Qaeda in a new video statement released entitled “I Have Won I Swear to Kaaba's God.” The videotape was released through the jihadi media outlet Al-Malahim (al-faloja.info, June 28), reporting that the two separate attacks against South Korean official investigators and tourists in March were premeditated. An al-Qaeda's approach which some analysts say it seems destined to damage the government's reputation. It also claimed that it had known the Korean security officials' movements - who came to Sana'a to investigate the earlier assault against Korean tourists - before they raided them while en route to the Sana'a International Airport as leaving Yemen."Al-Qaeda's main plan is to weaken Yemeni President Saleh's regime, and defeat his government in the field of security and economy," says Abdul Elah Shayea, a writer and terrorism specialist who conducted in last January an exclusive interview with al-Qaeda's leader in Yemen, Nasir Abdul Kareem al-Wuhayshi (a.k.a. Abu Basir). "They have the capacity to freely move, collect information, recruit new would-be suicide bombers and carry out a string of suicide attacks..more..http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=1010

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