Yemeni al-Qaeda leader threatens attacks against U.S.

Jihad Watch.com

"Today, you have attacked us in the middle of our household, so wait for what will befall you in the middle of yours ... We will blow up the earth from beneath your feet."

"Senior Yemen al Qaeda leader threatens U.S. attacks: site," by Raissa Kasolowsky for Reuters, February 23:

DUBAI (Reuters) - A senior member of al Qaeda's Yemen wing who the Yemeni government said it killed has emerged on an internet forum, threatening to carry out attacks in the United States.

Yemen declared an open war on al Qaeda on its territory last month after the group's regional off-shoot claimed responsibility for a failed bomb attack on a Detroit-bound plane in December that grabbed the world's attention.

"Today, you have attacked us in the middle of our household, so wait for what will befall you in the middle of yours ... We will blow up the earth from beneath your feet," Qasim al-Raymi, the wing's military commander, said in an article posted earlier this month on a website used by Islamist militants. [...]

In his article, Raymi said U.S. assistance to Yemen has strengthened the militants' popularity among local tribes.

Addressing the U.S. government, he wrote: "You united us with our people ... the catastrophe unites those it befalls."...

And Western analysts and bright lights like Kelley Beaucar Vlahos actually buy this rhetoric.

Posted by Robert on February 23, 2010 9:53 PM

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Bosch Fawstin | February 23, 2010 10:02 PM | Reply

I see the future and it has an Emerald Sunset

AlaskanInfidel | February 23, 2010 10:08 PM | Reply

I quote Humungus, Lord of the Wastelands Dog of War...

"Kill! Kill! Kill them all!"

This is all they understand. Raw, naked unadulterated power. All else is weakness and folly.

islam is a lie and
Truth is killing it.

gymgal | February 23, 2010 10:19 PM | Reply

"We will blow up the earth from beneath your feet," ??

Do we take this literally, like in subways or bridges? Or basements?

Maybe they've figured out a way to burrow to the center of the earth and blow themselves up there.

St. Patrick | February 23, 2010 10:36 PM | Reply

Seems the Yemeni koran isn't much different from the other one. Are there any Yemeni koran scholars yet? Do the Yemen koran verses abrogate the "real" koran verses or vise-versa? Nevermind..

champ | February 23, 2010 10:54 PM | Reply

"Today, you have attacked us in the middle of our household, so wait for what will befall you in the middle of yours ... We will blow up the earth from beneath your feet," -- headline

O, they're sooo poetic! ...and they always want to blow up something, too.