NEFA: Al-Qaida Faction "Jund al-Yaman Brigades" Claims String of Terror Attacks in Yemen
By Evan Kohlmann
The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a copy of a purported communiqué from the “Jund al-Yaman Brigades” of the “Al-Qaidat ul-Jihad Organization in the Arabian Peninsula” dated April 7, 2008. The statement claimed credit for several recent terrorist attacks in Yemen, including the April 6 mortar shelling of foreign housing compounds in the al-Hadda neighborhood of Sana’a—which, according to the “Jund al-Yaman Brigades”, was carried out “in revenge” for slain Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah. Yesterday, the U.S. government ordered non-emergency diplomatic employees to leave Yemen due to concerns about “possible attacks by extremist individuals or groups against U.S. citizens, facilities, businesses, and perceived interests.”
A copy of the communique can be downloaded from the NEFA Foundation website.