Unsettling video shows large al Qaeda meeting in Yemen
A new video shows what looks like the largest and most dangerous gathering of al Qaeda in years. And the CIA and the Pentagon either didn't know about it or couldn't get a drone there in time to strike. Every frame of the video is now being analyzed by the United States. In the middle of the clip, the man known as al Qaeda's crown prince, Nasir al-Wuhayshi, appears brazenly out in the open, greeting followers in Yemen. Al-Wuhayshi, the No. 2 leader of al Qaeda globally and the head of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has said he wants to attack the United States.In a speech to the group, al-Wuhayshi makes it clear that he's going after the United States, saying "We must eliminate the cross. ... The bearer of the cross is America!" U.S. officials believe the highly produced video is recent. With some fighters faces blurred, there is worry it signals a new round of plotting."The main problem about this group is that it has a bomb maker who can put bombs on to planes that can't be detected," Bergen said.But the terror group leader's goal is clear, Cruickshank said. "His message to the United States," Cruickshank said, "was very much the same as (former al Qaeda leader Osama) bin Laden's: 'We're coming after you.' "
This whole situation is very concerning: the meeting in general, the fact that the U.S. didn't know anything about it, and the history of this group. Terrorism is such a scary thing we unfortunately have to deal with. It is more scary than other other type on conflict because negotiations are not an option. It is very intimidating that they are specifically targeting us for basically no reason.
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