Yemen Qaeda chief praises Iraq jihadists
 

https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/h...92edad92d3.jpgAn influential Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen has praised Islamic State jihadists for their "victories in Iraq" but without pledging allegiance to their self-proclaimed "caliph" or leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. "I congratulate all the mujahedeen on different fronts and all Muslims for the victories won by our brothers in Iraq against the puppets (of Shiite Iran)," ideological leader Ibrahim al-Rubaish says in a video posted online. Rubaish is considered to be the religious affairs chief of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Yemen-based franchise of the jihadist network, formed in a 2009 merger of its Saudi and Yemeni branches. "Who does **t welcome the victories of Sunnis and the defeat of (Nuri al-) Maliki's gangs that have mistreated the Sunnis?" he asks of Iraq's controversial Shiite premier who continues to defy the president and international pressure to quit.




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