Islamic Jihad of Yemen

Islamic Jihad of Yemen

The Islamic Jihad of Yemen is an an al Qaeda terrorist affiliate that claimed responsibility for the 2008 American Embassy attack in Yemen.cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/17/yemen.blast/index.html|title=Al Qaeda blamed for U.S. Embassy attack|date=2008-09-17|publisher=CNN|accessdate=2008-09-17] The group also threatened future attacks against other embassies, including those of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0918/p07s02-wome.html|title=U.S. Embassy hit in Yemen, raising militancy concerns|last=Bauer|first=Shane|date=2008-09-18|publisher=Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=2008-09-18]

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." [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSREE77062120080918 reuters.com, Yemen arrests 19 after U.S. embassy attack] ] Meanwhile, on September 18, 2008, Yemeni authorities arrested 25 suspects allegedly connected to Al-Qaeda. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gPT0H4QNxbnAnToQZo5c3pTkPk7AD9395SBG5] 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. [ [http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=18386 freeinternetpress.com, Al-Qaeda Blamed For Attack Against U.S. Embassy In Yemen] ]

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