Al-Qaeda in Yemen calls for attacks on America

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has called on jihadists to target the United States, after Washington launched air strikes in Iraq against Islamist fighters calling themselves the Islamic State.

In a statement published on a Twitter account affiliated with the group’s local affiliate, Ansar al-Shariah, AQAP said on Thursday: “… We declare our solidarity with our Muslim brothers in Iraq.”

“We call on all Islamist groups … to go after America as part of its plan for jihad, militarily, economically, or through the media.”