http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/2594 <!--paging_filter--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p><strong>BY SHIRAZ MAHER</strong></p> <p>I've recently obtained a statement from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claiming responsibility for the abortive terrorist attack on Delta airlines last week. I'm replicating the statement below for readers of this blog, interspersed with my own commentary. <p><a href="/node/2594"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/2594#comments al Shabaab al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Delta Airlines Omar Farouk Abdulmuttalab War on Terror Yemen Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:50:22 +0000 Shiraz Maher 2594 at http://standpointmag.co.uk