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Source: “Al-Qaeda ready to take over regime in Yemen if collapses”
Sana’a, May 7, 2008 (yemenonline) - A source close to Al-Qaeda said that Yemen’s al-Qaeda is closely monitoring the ongoing situations in Yemen and how this may lead to many repercussions including insecurity, monarchy and even collapsing of the current regime so that Mujaheeddin can take over.

The source who talked over the phone said that there are plans and arrangements underway by Yemen’s al-Qaeda however; refused to give further details.

The source indicated that the recent attacks that targeted U.S. and Italian embassies as well as other western interests in Sana’a were carried out by al-Qaeda.

He denied that those attacks were a failure. “The attacks did not fail and they were messages meant to be sent to different parties and they were already delivered,” said the source.

Source: Al-Ghad