 DUBAI - Al Qaeda in Iraq said it had launched missiles at Israel from Lebanon as part of a ânew attackâ on the Jewish state, a statement posted on the Web said on Thursday.
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It appeared to be the first claim of responsibility from Al Qaeda for an attack on Israel from Lebanon. âThe lion sons of Al Qaeda launched ... a new attack on the Jewish state by launching 10 missiles ... from the Muslimsâ lands in Lebanon on selected targets in the north of the Jewish state,â said the statement, attributed to Al Qaeda and posted on an Islamist Web site.
The statement could not be authenticated, but was posted on a main Web site frequently used by Iraqi insurgent groups. It did not give the date of the attack. It was not immediately clear if the group was referring to a rocket strike, which wounded three people in an Israeli border town late on Tuesday, or some other attack.
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The Israeli security source said: âFor this to be true, it would mean that Al Qaeda, a virulently anti-Shia group, has penetrated the heartland of Hezbollah, a virulent Shia group, on such a scale that it can mount a rocket salvo independently.
âThis claim should be regarded with extreme skepticism.â
The statement said: âThis auspicious attack was a response by the mujahadeen (holy fighters) to the oath by the mujahid sheikh Osama bin Laden, leader of Al Qaeda ... which the (Jews) and idolatersâ servants in Muslim countries failed to grasp. The future shall be more bitter and more harsh.â |