Al-Qaeda claims attack on Danish embassy in Islamabad: report

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Al-Qaeda Wednesday claimed in Internet statements to have carried out a suicide attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad which left at least six dead, SITE monitoring services said.

Monday's attack was said to be in revenge for the publication in Danish newspapers of cartoons insulting the Prophet Mohammed according to statements posted on Islamic militant forums, SITE said.

"One of the heroes of 'Qaedat al-Jihad' carried out a suicide operation on the morning of Monday," said the statement signed by one of the terror network's leaders, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid.

The attack was "in revenge against the state of infidelity, called 'Denmark', that posted cartoons hostile to the messenger of Allah," he added, according to an English translation...