US Adds Jihadist Yemeni Group to Terror List

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October 4, 2012

The US State Department on Thursday added the Yemeni Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia (AAS) to its list of terror organizations, saying it is an offshoot of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula (AQAP).

“AAS is simply AQAP’s effort to rebrand itself, with the aim of manipulating people to join AQAP’s terrorist cause,” the State Department said in a statement.

“The actions taken today against AAS support the US effort to degrade the capabilities of its parent organization, AQAP,” the statement read.

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This article was posted: Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 3:52 pm

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