Yemeni Qaeda leader hails Islamic State's gains in Iraq

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* U.S. concerned about possible militant cooperation * Rubaish says Sunni Muslims have duty to fight Shi'ites * AQAP regarded as one of most active jihadist groups By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - A top leader of al Qaeda's Yemeni branch has hailed the seizure of swathes of Iraqi territory by the Sunni guerrilla group Islamic State, raising the possibility of cooperation between two of the most active Islamist militant networks. A senior U.S. official last month expressed concern over possible collaboration between bombmakers from Yemen and militants in Syria, where Islamic State has also seized extensive territory in the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad. "I congratulate all the Mujahideen on all battlefronts and all Muslims on the victories that our brothers in Iraq have achieved against the puppets of the (Iranians)," Ibrahim al-Rubaish, the main ideologue of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), said in a video posted online.

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