The group released a statement saying, "We will carry out the rest of the series of attacks on the other embassies that were declared previously, until our demands are met by the Yemeni government."[3] Meanwhile, on September 18, 2008, Yemeni authorities arrested 25 suspects allegedly connected to al-Qaeda.[4] Foreign Minister Abou Bakr al-Qurbi said: "The attack on the U.S. Embassy was retaliation by al-Qaeda for the measures taken by the government to fight the terrorists." United States Department of State spokesman Sean McCormack said that "the multi-phased attack bore all the hallmarks of al-Qaeda." The government received an average of $40 million yearly in U.S. economic and military aid since 2000.[5]
islamic, jihad, yemen, arabic, الجهاد, الإسلامي, في, اليمن, qaeda, islamist, militant, affiliate, that, claimed, responsibility, 2008, attack, united, states, embassy, yemen, group, also, threatened, future, attacks, against, other, embassies, including, those. The Islamic Jihad of Yemen Arabic الجهاد الإسلامي في اليمن was an al Qaeda Islamist militant affiliate that claimed responsibility for the 2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen 1 The group also threatened future attacks against other embassies including those of Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom 2 The group released a statement saying We will carry out the rest of the series of attacks on the other embassies that were declared previously until our demands are met by the Yemeni government 3 Meanwhile on September 18 2008 Yemeni authorities arrested 25 suspects allegedly connected to al Qaeda 4 Foreign Minister Abou Bakr al Qurbi said The attack on the U S Embassy was retaliation by al Qaeda for the measures taken by the government to fight the terrorists United States Department of State spokesman Sean McCormack said that the multi phased attack bore all the hallmarks of al Qaeda The government received an average of 40 million yearly in U S economic and military aid since 2000 5 See also editAl Qaeda in the Arabian PeninsulaReferences edit Al Qaeda blamed for U S Embassy attack CNN 17 September 2008 Archived from the original on September 18 2008 Retrieved 17 September 2008 Shane Bauer 18 September 2008 U S Embassy hit in Yemen raising militancy concerns Christian Science Monitor Retrieved 18 September 2008 reuters com Yemen arrests 19 after U S embassy attack Reuters 18 September 2008 Retrieved 15 October 2014 http ap google com article ALeqM5gPT0H4QNxbnAnToQZo5c3pTkPk7AD9395SBG5 Retrieved September 18 2008 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help dead link Al Qaeda Blamed For Attack Against U S Embassy In Yemen Free Internet Press Archived from the original on 2012 07 12 Retrieved 15 October 2014 nbsp This Yemen related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Islamic Jihad of Yemen amp oldid 1217400586, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
