Al Qaeda wing says will avenge Yemen raids: web [View All]

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Source: reuters

DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda's wing in Yemen said it would take revenge over raids against the group this month, which it said were carried out by U.S. jets and killed about 50 men, women and children, in an Internet statement on Sunday.

The statement, dated December 20, appeared on Islamist websites shortly after U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Washington was investigating whether al Qaeda was involved in a Christmas Day attempt to blow up a passenger jet.

"We will not let Muslim women and children's blood be spilled without taking revenge," Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said in the statement.
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The New York Times has said the United States gave military hardware, intelligence and other support to Yemeni forces to carry out the raids.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091227/ts_nm/us_yemen_qaeda_revenge