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Al-Qaeda reportedly behind airline plot (Extra)
Dec 28, 2009, 19:48 GMT
Washington - Al-Qaeda has reportedly claimed responsibility for the failed attack on a US airliner on Christmas Day, a firm that monitors terrorist activity said Monday.
The IntelCenter located outside Washington said al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, posted a statement on a website saying that it was behind the failed plot to blow up Delta/Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it descended to land in Detroit from Amsterdam.
AQAP also released a photo of the suspect who allegedly tried to detonate the explosives, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.
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