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Professor Peabody
08-28-2014, 02:39 AM
Al-Qaeda in Yemen Announces ‘Solidarity’ With ‘Our Muslim Brothers in Iraq’

August 20, 2014 - 4:25 AM
By Patrick Goodenough

The world’s two most dangerous Islamic terror groups appear to be joining forces.

A statement purportedly by al-Qaeda’s Yemen-based branch -- al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- expresses support for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL), the Yemen Times reported on Tuesday.

“We announce solidarity with our Muslim brothers in Iraq against the crusade. Their blood and injuries are ours and we will surely support them,” the newspaper quoted the AQAP statement as saying.

“We stand by the side of our Muslim brothers in Iraq against the American and Iranian conspiracy and their agents of the apostate Gulf rulers.”

The statement went on to offer ISIS fighters tips on how to avoid airstrikes, like those President Obama ordered against the jihadists in northern Iraq 12 days ago.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/al-qaeda-yemen-announces-solidarity-our-muslim-brothers-iraq

I think Obama's middle east policy has created "a flood of new Islamic terrorists" and increased the danger to US interests to a higher level than at any time since the 9/11 attacks. "Obama's Failed Mideast Policy Is Creating More Terrorism." it's going to be interesting to see how they handle things when they bring their terrorism right to our own doorsteps. It's going to happen, not if it will happen, but when. I just wonder how long it will take folks to realize it was better to engage and kill them there than around the corner from YOUR house.

Peter1469
08-28-2014, 05:11 AM
Before the Islamic State showed up, the bunch in Yemen was considered to be the most dangerous- and they never attacked the US.

Green Arrow
08-28-2014, 05:32 AM
It's cute when partisans like yourself pretend that just six years of one President's policies caused all our problems. President Obama is certainly at fault, most definitely, but he is far from the sole cause. His foreign policy in the Middle East is one that has been practiced by every U.S. President since Eisenhower, with the exception of Kennedy (focused on the Soviets) and Carter (more of a diplomat than a warrior). Outside of the U.S., Britain has had their hands in the Middle East since at least the mid-1800s and the sum of all Middle East destabilization is the British Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916).

donttread
08-28-2014, 11:39 AM
YUP, don't kick a beehive and act all innocent when you get stung