Saturday, September 15, 2012

Al-Qaida Lauds Killing of US Libyan Ambassador; Calls on Protesters to Set Fires to US Embasies

Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen has praised the killing of the U.S. ambassador in Libya and called for more attacks to expel American embassies from Muslim nations, the Christian Broadcast Network website reports today (September 15, 2012).

The statement -- posted today on Islamic militant websites -- suggested al-Qaida was trying to fuel the wave of angry protests in the Muslim world over a film produced in the United States denigrating the Prophet Muhammad.

Al-Qaida in the Arabian peninsula said the killing this week of Ambassador Chris Stevens in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was "the best example" for those attacking embassies.

It said protesters' aim should be to "expel the embassies of America from the lands of the Muslims" and called on protests to continue in Muslim nations "to set the fires blazing at these embassies."

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