In a statement issued today, the Yemeni-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) confirmed the deaths of two American citizens, cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and magazine editor Samir Khan, who were slain in a recent US drone strike.
The statement concluded a condemnation of the Obama Administration for assassinating American citizens without presenting evidence against them, saying the killings were contrary to America’s stated principles.
The statement will provide some reassurance for US officials that they actually succeeded in their assassination, as the Yemeni government cautioned over the weekend that they had no actual evidence and never found Awlaki’s body.
But AQAP also promised retaliatory attacks to punish the US for killing the popular cleric, insisting that new attacks would come soon. Awlaki’s sermons were broadly popular among opponents of US foreign policy in the region, and had considerable currency among al-Qaeda’s followers as well.
So there's a group operating out of Yemen literally called "AQAP" who issues "statements" whenever their "operatives" are killed??? I've got another theory……There is no actual organization called AQAP, it's likely just another fabricated CIA front group who issues bogus Al-Qaeda statements whenever necessary. No doubt, we'll have these different Al-Qaeda affiliates sprout up miraculously out of nowhere whenever there's any talk of ending the wars and/or bringing the troops home.
That's what I think.
You got that right. The "group" was Saudi invention, and set up by Saudi operative. The real target of Saudi Arabia is the movement to liberate south. The land was forcibly annexed to Yemen, and will remain restive. But Saudi Arabia has another agenda, and US may be stepping into a hornets' nest, without knowing it. MAJORITY of the wealthiest men in Saudi Arabia call that part of the Penninsula their home. They call it Hadhramouth. They have invested there in cities like Mukalla and Aden. If Saudi Arabia persists in propping up Sana'a regime, it risks problems within its own land.
As for names: AQ in Arabian Penninsula, AQ in Maghreb and AQ in Mezopotamia. As if AQ has a NAMING CONVENTIONS DEPARTMENT.
"Bullshit is the glue that binds this country together"
George Carlin
This "story" is just one more example