[Beirut Daily Star] Al-Qaeda's Yemen affiliate on Friday threatened to strike back at any party involved in the US drone campaign, which has killed scores of jihadists ahead of a government ground offensive.The warning from senior Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Qassem al-Rimi came in a video posted online.
He accused Yemeni security forces of placing tracking devices on vehicles to help US drones target them, warning his group would attack "any establishment, ministry, camp or barracks" involved in the tactic.
He also said it would go after anyone "acting as an intermediary with the Americans."
"For us, all such establishments are legitimate targets. We won't wait for them to come to us -- we will go to them," he said.
Rimi said his group had "a long list of those implicated in such operations... who will pay the price".