Washington - Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Tuesday released a video calling for lone wolf attacks in the United States, France and other “disbeliever” nations.
The jihadist monitoring group SITE Intelligence said the video praised the alleged gunman in an attack last month in the southern state of Tennessee that killed four US Marines and one Navy sailor.
AQAP official Khalid bin Umar Batarfi, who speaks in the nine-minute video, condemns “America, France and other kufr [disbeliever] nations,” according to SITE Intelligence.
“And as you put limits to freedom of expression and punish whomever goes against them, it is upon us to punish whoever transgresses our boundaries and sanctities,” said Batarfi, who was freed in April from a Yemeni prison.
DPA