Al Qaeda says security steps show Saudi rulers controlled by US

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* Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula has plotted airline attacks * Saudi security steps highlight Syrian war fears * AQAP says measures show Riyadh in pay of United States By William Maclean DUBAI, April 1 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Yemen branch has mocked tough new counter-terrorism measures adopted by neighbouring Saudi Arabia, saying they would **t deter the Islamist group's fighters and that they proved the kingdom was in the pay of the United States. In an online statement, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) also said Riyadh's designation of the Muslim Brotherhood - a group whose political wings have contested elections in several countries - as a terrorist organisation proved that secular authorities would never tolerate Islamist groups.

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