Don't you love when various Islamic groups, all with the same mission, all with the same playbook, jockey for credit for an act of war on the Jewish people? Monstrous, the whole bloody lot.
Iran prepping al-Qaida for large-scale attacks: Warning raises concern nuke device could pass to terrorists targeting U.S.
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Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for Israel rocket attack Al Arabiya (hat tip rutmagic) Tuesday, 29 November 2011
DUBAI
A group linked to al-Qaeda on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an overnight rocket attack from southern Lebanon against Israel, a local website announced.Elnashra website said it had received an email from the Brigades of Abdullah Azzam claiming responsibility for the attack.
“Early this Tuesday, rockets from the Brigades of Abdullah Azzam shelled the Zionist colonies in northern Palestine... and reached their aim,” the email message reads.
The same group claimed responsibility for the last rocket attack from southern Lebanon against Israel in 2009.
UNIFIL, the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, said at least one rocket was fired at northern Israel, prompting the Israeli army to return fire. The Lebanese army said Israel launched four rockets in return.Two buildings in Israel’s western Galilee area were damaged, Israeli media said, but there were no reports of casualties. Residents said they heard two explosions and that houses shook.
Abdullah Azzam was late al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden’s mentor. He was killed in a 1989 bomb blast.
The area from where the rockets were launched against Israel on Tuesday is largely controlled by Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah.
The Shiite group, which fought a devastating war with Israel in 2006, had no immediate comment on the incident which raised tension in the volatile region.
UNIFIL, the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, said at least one rocket was fired at northern Israel, prompting the Israeli army to return fire. The Lebanese army said Israel launched four rockets in return.
Two buildings in Israel’s western Galilee area were damaged, Israeli media said, but there were no reports of casualties. Residents said they heard two explosions and that houses shook.
