Al-Qaeda in Yemen denies U.S. claims on attack plots.

Al-Qaeda in Yemen denies U.S. claims 

on attack plots.

Yemeni security forces at a checkpoint in Sana’a. Embassies were
 closed during August due to allegations that the al-Qaeda was
planning attacks in Yemen. (File Photo: AFP)

Dubai | AFP | 27 Aug 2013 :: Al-Qaeda in Yemen has denied U.S. allegations it is plotting massive attacks that prompted the closure of Western missions in the country this month, in a statement posted online.

The extremist network also denied reports confirmed by Yemen’s President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi that U.S. intelligence services had intercepted a conversation between al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri and Nasser al-Wuhayshi, head of the Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

“Hadi repeated the nonsense and propaganda published by U.S. intelligence on telephone calls between jihadist leaders to justify the US plot to kill Muslims in Yemen through continued raids,” AQAP said in the statement posted on jihadist Internet forums.

Hadi had “claimed the jihadists were plotting to target oil terminals in the country using bomb-laden trucks,” said AQAP.

“We deny what he said and regard it as an attempt to justify US criminal practices.”

“We also affirm our concern... in preserving the blood of Muslims,” the statement added.

A source close to Hadi quoted the Yemeni leader as saying Friday that in the alleged conversation between the al-Qaeda leaders Wuhayshi told Zawahiri he would be hearing of something “that will change the course of history”.

Hadi and U.S. President Barack Obama had discussed the matter at the White House on August 1, according to the same source.

On August 4, the United States shut 19 of its consulates and embassies in the Arab and Muslim countries amid what American officials said was a threat of an imminent al-Qaeda attack.(Courtesy:Al Arabia)Read More>>>

Report: Al-Qaeda plotting terror attacks on European rail network.

Report: Al-Qaeda plotting terror attacks on European rail network.

Yemeni al-Qaeda militants sentenced for plotting attacks in
Yemen at a court in Sana'a earlier this year. (AFP)

Al Arabiya | 19 Aug 2013 :: Extremist group al-Qaeda is plotting attacks on Europe’s high-speed rail network, reported German newspaper Bild on Monday.

Attacks could include explosives planted on trains and tunnels or sabotage to tracks and electrical cabling, said Europe’s most widely read daily newspaper.

Bild said the information came from the National Security Agency (NSA) in the United States, which had listened in to a conference call involving high-ranking al-Qaeda operatives in which attacks on Europe’s rail network was a “central topic” of this call, the Bild said.

Authorities in Germany have responded to the threat by deploying plain-clothed police officers at key stations and on main routes.

Terror alerts have been at an all-time high this month due to an earlier call between al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri and other operatives.

This prompted the U.S. and several allies to temporarily shut embassies across the Muslim world, warning of al-Qaeda plans to launch an attack in the Middle East or North Africa.(Courtesy:al arabia)

Interpol links recent prison breaks to al-Qaeda.

Interpol links recent prison breaks to al-Qaeda.

PARIS | AP |03 Aug 2013 :: Interpol has issued a global security alert in connection with suspected al-Qaeda involvement in several recent prison escapes including those in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan.

The Lyon, France-based international police agency says that the alert follows “the escape of hundreds of terrorists and other criminals” in the past month. The alert calls on Interpol’s 190 member countries to help determine whether these events are coordinated or linked, the organization said in a statement on Saturday.

Interpol says it issues such alerts fairly regularly, the last one 10 days ago following jailbreaks from Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison and the Taji prison near Baghdad.

The alert also comes a day after the U.S. issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans about a possible al-Qaeda attack.(Copy From:The Hindu)